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Based on his mention of SSD-backed instances (c3.large) being only $100/mo, I looked at EC2 pricing again to see if it had become more competitive. Turns out it
by ericd 13y ago
Based on his mention of SSD-backed instances (c3.large) being only $100/mo, I looked at EC2 pricing again to see if it had become more competitive. Turns out it only has 2x16 gigs of storage and 1 physical core.
Looking at the c3.8xlarge instances, they're specced pretty much exactly like the servers I just built for $9k/each, except they have half the ram (60 vs. 128) and half the storage (2x320 vs 4x320). And they cost the same to rent for 6 months as it does to buy one, including coloing.
So, if you need more than a fraction of a physical server, EC2 still loses pretty hard on the pricing. It seems as though it has become competitive with Softlayer, though, at least.
EDIT: Ah, but if you pay $11.6k upfront to reserve it for three years, it reduces the monthly bill from $1728 to ~$370, which is a much better deal than Softlayer offers. That's actually a pretty reasonable premium compared to racking them yourself, though you lose flexibility and the hardware is worse than what you'd get yourself. Well played, Amazon.
- Sssnake 13y ago>Looking at the c3.8xlarge instances, they're specced pretty much exactly like the servers I just built for $9k/each, except they have half the ram (60 vs. 128) and half the storage (2x320 vs 4x320) Your servers are also likely 2-5 times as fast in the CPU department too.
- ericd 13y ago>Your servers are also likely 2-5 times as fast in the CPU department too. FYI, you've been hellbanned, Sssnake. They use slightly better processors for the C3s than I use (2x8 core 2.8 vs. 2x8 core 2.6). I'd assume that if you get the largest instance, you probably have the whole machine to yourself and don't have issues with bad neighbors, so it's probably actually slightly faster than mine.
- vinceguidry 13y agoPossible he's been hellbanned, but his latest post is the only dead one.
- ericd 13y agoAh you're right. Sorry if it was a false alarm, Sssnake.
- vinceguidry 13y agoIt was you that's right, he has indeed been hell-banned.
- ericd 13y agoAgh he has. That's a shame, his comments seem to above average. I wonder how that happened.
- vinceguidry 13y agoLook at the last post he made before he was hell-banned.