We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billing up to 80%

Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by tuananh on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @04:39AM (#22411929)

there was several reasons for our case. There might be more for other startups. Here are some:

- our clients (airlines) would very much prefer we use AWS over the smaller, lesser known offering.

- AWS offer free promotional credits for startups.

- AWS when utilized right (requires work) is not much more expensive than traditional hosting.

- Etc...

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Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by joana035 on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @04:57AM (#22412015)

Those are the most expensive computers I ever saw: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/dedicated-hosts/pricing/

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Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by oblio on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @05:50AM (#22412196)

Maybe you haven't seen enough computers? :-p

Internal IT departments or hosting providers meant for highly regulated environments can charge 5-10x that for a VM of a similar size :-)

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Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by joana035 on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @06:08AM (#22412274)

So that will be 50-100x more expensive than Hetzner?

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Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by kasey_junk on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @06:49AM (#22412406)

Yes

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