jasonefrank

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   by jasonefrank 12y ago

   Agreed, 1 year is the sweet spot here. I didn't appreciate the opportunity cost of getting the 3-year RI, as much as the straw man "savings" against the current on-demand prices.
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   by jasonefrank 12y ago

   I 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 f
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   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" b
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   by jasonefrank 12y ago

   Pet peeve in case Jeff Barr (or another AWS person) reads this. I purchased multiple 3-year heavy utilization RIs just a few months before the price wars last year. The ROI on those went from "great" to "very modest" o