Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
by elevensies on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:02PM
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On the landing page they say there will be overages for excess data transfer. In terms of how it is different, I think a lot of people here have probably been using AWS for 5+ years and the jargon etc. is familiar, and we can calculate the price and understand what it is, but for people who are just getting started this will be a product that is directly comparable to i.e. Digital Ocean and can serve as a gateway drug to AWS.
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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
by AtheistOfFail on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:03PM
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That's how they get people on Glacier storage.
The storage is cheap as balls but the transfer can fuck you.
Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
by jknoepfler on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:17PM
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The whole point is to service customers with massive storage needs who seldom need to retrieve the data. For example, many companies are compelled by regulation to archive records for decades, but only need to access data in response to lawsuits/etc.
no one with frequent high volume retrieval needs would be advised to use glacier.