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Re:Ask HN: Do you find working on large distributed systems ... by fxtentacle on Saturday February 19, 2022 @11:41AM (#30398383)
Back then, it was enough to saturate the S3 metadata node for your bucket and then all AZs would be unable to service GET requests.

And yes, this won't be financially useful in every situation. But if the goal is to gain operational control, it's worthwhile nonetheless. That said, for a high-traffic API, you're paying through the nose for AWS egress bandwidth, so it is one of those cases where it also very much makes financial sense.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you find working on large distributed systems ... by ckdarby on Saturday February 19, 2022 @02:03PM (#30399552)
Same fxtenatcle as CTO of ImageRights? If that is the case my follow up question is did you actually move everything out of AWS? Or did you just take the same Netflix approach like Open Connect for the 95th billing + unmetered & peering with ISPs to reduce.
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