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The math on AWS makes sense if you either have very unpredictable workloads or are a startup that lacks capital to get into any medium to long term commitment.
by dsl 12y ago
The math on AWS makes sense if you either have very unpredictable workloads or are a startup that lacks capital to get into any medium to long term commitment.
- super_sloth 12y agoI see the latter case used as an argument lots but I just don't seem to understand it. OVH will rent you servers for as little as a month at a time, for a _massive_ reduction in cost over AWS. We're talking >10x. Are there really startups that only have capital to last a week?