EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware

Re:EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware by larrymcp on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:55AM (#15805341)

I just now took a look at Packet's web site and their data center locations. They categorize each location as either "core" or "edge", but I couldn't find anything to indicate what those terms mean in this context. Are you familiar with that distinction?

The location nearest me is an "edge", not a "core". I wonder what I would be missing out on, if it's not "core".

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Re:EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware by mcrae on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @03:43AM (#15805514)

Edge DCs only have one type of machine (1E) and no block storage, but I think are otherwise the same.

Even in core DCs though the availability of different types of machines varies.

Love packet.net btw -- the bgp stuff is really game changing.

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Re:EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware by dantiberian on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @04:18AM (#15805622)

mcrae covered this well, but to add to that, the Edge servers are targeted for low latency services close to users, think self driving cars, IOT, adtech, etc. You can see more details at https://www.packet.net/edge/ and https://www.packet.net/blog/looking-over-the-edge/.

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