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Re:Comparing Bandwidth Costs of Amazon, Google and Microsoft... by _wmd on Monday June 05, 2017 @08:30PM (#14493700)
$40k/yr/server
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Re:Comparing Bandwidth Costs of Amazon, Google and Microsoft... by vacri on Monday June 05, 2017 @08:54PM (#14493841)
With correct pricing (3-year commitment), you're actually looking at about $8k/yr/server difference, for 64-core servers. If you're at the point where your workload requires ~12 64-core servers, that difference will net you $100k, which you can spend on the ops staffer.
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