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The biggest problem with AWS is the outrageous cost of bandwidth. Even if you ignore all the other cost differentials, the bandwidth charges will kill you at sc
by amazon_not 12y ago
The biggest problem with AWS is the outrageous cost of bandwidth. Even if you ignore all the other cost differentials, the bandwidth charges will kill you at scale.
Unfortunately cloud computing, or at the very least AWS, overpromises and underdelivers at scale. All in all economically viable use cases for cloud computing are very few and very specific at scale.
- wmf 12y agoSince people are sharing their experiences in this thread, has anyone tried using Direct Connect to get cheaper bandwidth?
- amazon_not 12y agoThere aren't a lot of savings to be had. In addition to paying for the Direct Connect infrastructure you still have to pay Amazon per GB charges, albeit at a slightly lesser rate. The only real solution is to move the bandwidth usage off AWS.