How moving from AWS to Bare-Metal saved us $230,000 /yr.
blog.oneuptime.com
In the ever-evolving world of technology, businesses are constantly looking for ways to optimize their operations and reduce costs. One such journey we embarked on was moving our infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to a bare-metal solution. This transition not only provided us with more control over our resources
  • Kevin Herrera@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is like the third or fourth article I have read about some company leaving AWS and saving what seems like a ton of money. The thing they have in common is that they don’t talk about security and other more mundane things such as infrastructure maintenance, which is one of many things you pay AWS to not worry about.

    • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You don’t get that much “security”, though. You’re still responsible for actually securing all your applications and infrastructure components.

      Also, this is a question of scale, just like with any make or buy decision. AWS isn’t magic, it’s just servers. For a small company, it makes sense to buy servers as a service, but at a certain scale, it stops making sense. This is no different from buying screws versus making your own screws.