Re:Traits of Serverless Architecture
by robocat on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:37AM
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> I'm not referring to Cloudflare
Why would you use a slow provider for a comparison point?
> and your functions have to cold boot
For $5 per month, it looks like you get warm startup always on CloudFlare, which is very fast.
Also: Google surely pay some attention to network delays: serving Kenya from a Mombasa POP is going to be way faster than using some server in the US. I would expect Google to give that some juice.
Why would you use a slow provider for a comparison point?
> and your functions have to cold boot
For $5 per month, it looks like you get warm startup always on CloudFlare, which is very fast.
Also: Google surely pay some attention to network delays: serving Kenya from a Mombasa POP is going to be way faster than using some server in the US. I would expect Google to give that some juice.