Re:Azure Container Instances
by hardwaresofton on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @01:56PM
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For me at the very least it's cost -- I can purchase a cheap VPS and run a bunch of stuff on it, with full control for much cheaper than what an AWS EC2 instance costs monthly (with better specs).
The value provided by the services being managed is large, but honestly, for a lot of well-built infrastructure pieces, there is a lot of trust already for the services to not go down. Most startups/lifestyle companies/small businesses/whatever couldn't bring down a Postgres instance on a reasonably-provisioned machine if they tried (and the app is written with at least a smidgen of thought towards performance)
Compare this: http://www.ec2instances.info/?cost_duration=monthly
To VPS hosting from providers like: https://www.packet.net/bare-metal/ https://cc.delimiter.com/cart/dedicatedcore-vps/
The value provided by the services being managed is large, but honestly, for a lot of well-built infrastructure pieces, there is a lot of trust already for the services to not go down. Most startups/lifestyle companies/small businesses/whatever couldn't bring down a Postgres instance on a reasonably-provisioned machine if they tried (and the app is written with at least a smidgen of thought towards performance)