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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by snewman on Monday March 16, 2015 @06:46PM (#9214994)
Can you walk me through a concrete example of cost savings? Every time I look at something like SoftLayer, it doesn't seem to offer much of a savings compared to a corresponding EC2 reserved instance. Sure, you can do way better than EC2 on-demand instances, but the reasonable comparison is to a reserved instance.
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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by zaroth on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @02:25AM (#9216563)
I think a big part of it is that dedicated metal and "reserved instances" are not apples-to-apples. You want absolute control, consistency, and customization of the build, you can buy/lease metal and co-locate it, or you can rent it from someone like SoftLayer, and you still don't ever have to walk into a data center.
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Re:How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware by Sidis on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @09:08AM (#9217601)
Inter-DC network traffic is not rated/charged for SoftLayer. The key cost differentation is network charges when contrasting SoftLayer other services.
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