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I would also love to be able to move across instance families. Another reason not to commit for a long period of time. I'm willing to say "I'm committed to us
by jasonefrank 12y ago
I would also love to be able to move across instance families. Another reason not to commit for a long period of time. I'm willing to say "I'm committed to using x amount of AWS computing power over the next 3 years" but not if that will prevent me from using any of the new instance families that come out over that time frame.
- cperciva 12y agoAh, but that's the whole point. Amazon wants to buy hardware and know that it's going to get used.
- jasonefrank 12y agoI certainly understand that Amazon's interests are different from mine, and they are going to make offerings that are good for them. But the best offers are win-win, and a 3-year RI doesn't meet that bar. It's a bad offer for the customer, but masquerades as a good offer. Not unique in the world of business, "buyer beware" and all that of course. It was my bad for not fully appreciating the lock in and avoiding it.
- cperciva 12y agoIt's a bad offer for the customer Not necessarily. Some people won't want to move between server families anyway. It's up to the customer to figure out if what Amazon is offering is good for them or not.