[tootie]

Do you remember the days when everyone had their own data center and setting up a server involving drawing up specs then putting in a PO then waiting for it to get delivered on a truck to be racked and formatted? AWS is magic and the price is entirely justified.

[andrewfromx]

Yes and also i clearly remember in 2007 trying ec2 for first time and asking, is it production ready? Could we actually use this vs. building out a cage. And in 2007 the answer was no. Something about no external IP addresses or no load balancer possible. But yes that cage was expensive and the last cage I ever got. AWS is magic and amazing.

[scarface74]

You’re basing your experience on AWS from 2007?

[andrewfromx]

did you read what I wrote? It was just a nice little story about trying aws for the first time in 2007 and then never getting a cage again. It was PRO-aws.

[dx034]

There are also dedicated servers for a fraction of the price. The choice isn't AWS or own datacenter, there's a lot in between.