Spec-wise that 60G box is comparable to hi1.4xlarge, which is storage optimized, and you're looking at $2263 at AWS base pricing (this is ignoring reserved and

Spec-wise that 60G box is comparable to hi1.4xlarge, which is storage optimized, and you're looking at $2263 at AWS base pricing (this is ignoring reserved and spot-pricing). While their pricing is indeed rather high, it appears to be similar to at least AWS pricing.