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Re:Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud by falcolas on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:23PM (#16859759)
I've seen upwards of 50% for some particularly large customers. To the point of "if we lose our discount, our company goes under".
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Re:Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud by hinkley on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:40PM (#16859938)
Makes you wonder if the vendor is still making money on the deal.
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Re:Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud by tedunangst on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:00PM (#16860132)
Margins are pretty high, in part due to scale. If AWS were to hypothetically sell 80% of capacity at cost, that makes the last 20% more profitable than it would be to just sell the 20% alone.
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Re:Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:56PM (#16860093)
Reserved instances always make money because you make profit without depreciation kicking in.
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