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Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by satanspastaroll on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @07:19AM (#22412545)
Computing itself is the cheap part, especially on spot instances. It's the outbound bandwidth that'll kill you
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Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by einpoklum on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @12:08PM (#22414898)
Ok, so s/computing/computing, storage and network I\/O/ . Same argument.

... although if it's outbound bandwidth - if you can take care of your compute, maybe it's possible to purchase outgoing bandwidth at an hourly resolution, rather than "whatever your wires can send us", and have your flexibility.

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