You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it

Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by ramraj07 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @04:22PM (#31102484)

what exactly do you set up for 5 bucks a month on your local lab? Sounds more like you’re comparing what lightsail offers, which incidentally costs the same even on aws?

If you want a simple sight with just core aws, you can set one up on aws on elastic beanstalk for a few bucks a month. Add an rds for 15 a month. Why will you needlessly overcomplicate the system and then cry foul?

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Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it by pojzon on Thursday April 21, 2022 @03:58PM (#31114483)

Tbh 5$ was to just show the order of magnitude.

Even if it was 50$ per month, its still alot cheaper.

And the cluster we are talking here about is a raspberry box with 10 mashines each 2cpu 8gb, running k8s, replicated storage, my own domain and certificate, metalb load balancers, and few other things.

Its not as redundant as AWS, but it never broke in few years of constant work. Chances of all of those machines to break at the same time are astronomically low in normal circumstances.

If I spread the cost of that setup over two years of reservation, the monthly cost will be a lot less than 50$.

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