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Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by jerf on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @01:35PM (#45672468)
Maybe someone else somewhere is getting some unbelievably sweet deal but what I've seen from cloud discounting is more in the "single digit percentage" range than "2/3rds off" or something.
Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by ghshephard on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:22PM (#45673133)
There are a ton of different discount options - large customers typically get between 50-60% discount based on committed spending, and AWS is pretty flexible around how that commit lands (they will allow roll overs even if they say they won't). Reserved instances get you ~70% discounts - similar to the committed spending. And my favorite - if it works for you - spot instances on EC2 come at as high as 90% off.

Nobody at commercial volume pays list to AWS - everyone gets a discount.

Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by luma on Thursday October 23, 2025 @01:38PM (#45684563)
How about S3? I haven’t personally seen them price that so aggressively but I have a limited sample set.
Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by trenchpilgrim on Friday October 24, 2025 @07:51AM (#45693661)
You can sometimes get a committed use discount within certain regions. Not as extreme as the EC2 discount, since S3 storage costs are honestly pretty low when you use storage classes correctly.
Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by trenchpilgrim on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @03:28PM (#45673982)
Everywhere I've worked discounts have been 40-60%. If you're getting leas than 40% whoever manages your cloud account isn't doing one of their job duties.
Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by crest on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @06:48PM (#45676136)
Even 1/3 of the AWS egress list price is a rip-off.