Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
by bhouston on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @02:58PM
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Are cores really comparable between DO and Lightsail. Are we sure that 1 core isn't really something not quite a real core but something that is already over allocated based on the assumption of less than 1 core of actual usage? Thus we need to know what the actual over allocation number is to realy figure out if they are comparable.
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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
by chm on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @03:39PM
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To me this is what's important. I mainly use VPSs because I'm lazy! I have a bunch of 5$ droplets that I use for development, and even sometimes just to move things around the net more easily... For my particular use case, I don't need to change unless Lightsail offers me a less crowded core.
Really, it just seems like AWS is fighting DO on this one, to get a share of their profits. My impression is they're looking for DO & AWS customers to stay on an Amazon-only stack. The comparison made by the commenter above actually makes me consider Vutlr and Linode :)
Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS
by r5sec5cyl on Sunday December 04, 2016 @04:19PM
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That's exactly what makes Lightsail attractive to someone like me. I have production services on AWS and Linode, and I have only positive things to say about Linode, but it would be very nice to manage everything in one place.