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Ask HN: How do you save a meaningful amount on your AWS Bill in 2019?
2 points by jimmrf 7y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Do You Use VPC Endpoints for Amazon S3?
2 points by jimmrf 9y ago|0 comments
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by jimmrf 12y ago
Good point: Power - per kW cost would not have fallen materially, but efficiency per instance would have improved Land - flat fixed cost would not have fallen, but sunk cost on existing facilities no marginal cost only relevant to geographi
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by jimmrf 12y ago
Yes quite right that is the source of the slide I mention (cited in post itself/not in HN comment).
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by jimmrf 12y ago
Fascinating topic - yes AWS pricing falls slower than Moore's Law, this reflects the degree of market power shared by few large public cloud providers given the scale needed to compete at the top level. The profit maximizing strategy
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by jimmrf 12y ago
Agreed and especially like your points around expert markets about the executives' radar. Just a to build a bit on the pricing point: Outside of perfect competition, price is not determined by the market. It is determined by executive
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by jimmrf 12y ago
Great points, but I would (and have - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=911252) argue that prices are not cheap, at least relative to costs. They are spending to develop some great services over top, but the perception that they are chargi
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Ask HN: What is your top AWS EC2 Reserved Instance pet peeve?
1 points by jimmrf 12y ago|0 comments
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by jimmrf 12y ago
On Reserved Instances: this makes RI purchase decision sound binary based whether or not 100% usage. Even accepting the gross oversimplification of binary based on usage, the discount is enough that the headline breakeven utilization can s
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Cloud Price Wars: The Joke is on Us(stackalpha.com)
11 points by jimmrf 12y ago|0 comments