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On Saturday, 19 August 2017 03:13:05 BST Stroller wrote: |
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> > On 18 Aug 2017, at 13:28, Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > You'll need to look into the free tier to be sure. You can always set |
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> > alerts to email you if you're getting close to getting charged. |
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> Thanks for your help. |
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> Looks like the free tier is a bit skinny on storage - only 5GB. |
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> Linode's pricing pitch, "simple pricing, no calculator needed", puts |
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> Amazon's rates to shame. |
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> Stroller. |
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I'm going back a couple of years when I used to calculate the cost of AWS for |
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work purposes. The break even time of the cheapest AWS combo Vs self-hosting |
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of a LAMP was around 2.4 years. Now, the self-hosting was a really old and |
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underutilised leased corporate data centre at rather expensive prices. In |
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most cases the report that went back to the Board said: re-negotiate and |
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extend the lease of the corporate data centre for software or storage you |
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intend running in the long run. If you want to test some web app, then by all |
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means use AWS, *until* you have negotiated a better self-hosting deal. BTW, |
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the elastic AWS deal was almost always prohibitively expensive. The above |
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calculations refer to prepaying AWS for the utilisation required plus some |
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margin to achieve the cheapest possible deal. I appreciate that multi-year |
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corporate deals enjoy better discounts by suppliers than you or I walking |
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through the door, so YMMV. |
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For my current low demand needs, if I could have fibre to the premises where I |
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live, I would consider hosting at home and would look for a friend to provide |
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a hot standby and off premises back up. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |