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Re:Command-line tools can be faster than a Hadoop cluster (2... by fxtentacle on Thursday January 30, 2020 @02:48AM (#22189674)
I believe it's cheaper connectivity, due to the network monopoly in the US. For European hosting providers, traffic tends to be cheap or free. For Amazon, you'll pay through the nose for egress traffic.

And when we tried to rent a Verizon 1gbit dedicated line to our Boston office, they quoted us $15k monthly.

In Germany, we paid first €199 then €499 for a dedicated 1gbit fiber line from 1&1.

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Re:Command-line tools can be faster than a Hadoop cluster (2... by closeparen on Thursday January 30, 2020 @03:13AM (#22189752)
Even before network charges, though.

An Amazon m5.12xlarge with a 1-year reservation is $1,075/mo, about the same as OVHCloud's top-end HG3 in the US at $975. Both are 28 cores / 56 vCPUs and 192GB RAM.

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