How Load Balancing Impacts the Cost of Cloud
August 6, 2014
Grazed from CloudComputing. Author: Lori MacVittie.
It’s not the first time we’ve heard the statement that cloud can be too expensive and I doubt it will be the last. This latest episode comes from Alexei Rodriguez, Head of Ops at Evernote by way of Structure 2014: https://twitter.com/joeweinman/status/479769276027379712. It is important to note that this admission – like those in the past – have come from what we call "web monsters."
Web monsters are, as the name implies, web-first (and usually only) organizations who have millions (or billions) of users. Modern web monsters generally have only one application for which they are responsible, a la Evernote, Netflix, Facebook, etc…
It is unlikely that most enterprises will encounter this same conundrum – that of the cloud actually costing more than a DIY approach – for short-lived projects…
A marketing campaign, seasonal promotions and offerings, etc… are almost certainly never going to approach the consumption levels of a Facebook or Evernote, and thus their costs will almost certainly be less in the cloud than in house…
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