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		threeseed on Nov 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moving from AWS to Bare-Metal saved us $230k per y... > On prem is cheaper but only by 30 to 50% Depending on use case. If you have traffic which isn't consistent 24/7 then AWS Spot instances with Gravitron CPUs will be cheaper than on-premise. Because you have the ability to in real-time scale your infrastructure up/down.

Thristle on Nov 16, 2023 [–]

Its 2 seperate issues:

fluctuation in traffic is handled by auto scaling

Saving money on stateless (or short start times) services is done with spots

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