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Re:Compute Engine machine types with up to 96 vCPUs and 624G... by jo909 on Friday October 06, 2017 @08:34AM (#15416277)
You can find a cheaper bare metal system with comparable performance for every instance type. That is not a new argument for high vCPU/Memory instances.

If (monthly) price is the main concern "the cloud" is probably not for you. Other people obviously massively value the benefits of it and pay the premium, and that is not suddenly going to stop for a new instance size.

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Re:Compute Engine machine types with up to 96 vCPUs and 624G... by dna_polymerase on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:16AM (#15416930)
In addition to that, those instances might be deployed for short time were much power at once is needed and powered off after that. In that case the cloud might even be cheaper as Google offers pricing by Minute (or was it second now?) whereas most bare metal providers bill by the month.
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Re:Compute Engine machine types with up to 96 vCPUs and 624G... by ChrisAntaki on Friday October 06, 2017 @11:07AM (#15417337)
Per second, with a one minute minimum [1].

[1] https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/09/extending-per-s...

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Re:Compute Engine machine types with up to 96 vCPUs and 624G... by cliffy on Friday October 06, 2017 @01:31PM (#15418577)
"Most bare metal providers bill by the month." Maybe you mean dedicated hosting providers?

Any provider letting you spin up bare-metal through an API almost certainly bills at much finer grain than monthly, although they may quote monthly prices to make it easier for customers to assess cost.

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