I have similar gripes with AWS. If you've got an application which was written for AWS and takes advantage of their infrastructure in the right way it isn't that bad. For instance, I'm seriously looking at using their serverless/IoT infrastructure for something I'm working on here, and the pricing I'm seeing is far better than I could do with a reasonable infrastructure to support it. Plus it scales nicely.
For more traditional systems, Normal AWS is pretty expensive. On the other hand, the newer Lightsail service is more oriented toward those apps... You can get a entry-level server for $3.50/month, or at the other end, $160/month you can get a 32GB RAM, 8 Core, 640GB storage server. On the other hand, I really like Vultr, which has similar pricing but it is a lot easier to deal with. On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:59 AM Dennis Burgess via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > We tried to toss TowerCoveage.com to AWS. Their quote was around 45k a > month! We are the exact opposite of what they want, high CPU and high > IOPs. > > > > > > > > *[image: LTI-Full_175px]* > > > *Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, > MTCINE, MTCSE, HE IPv6 Sage, Cambium ePMP Certified * > > Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition” > > *Link Technologies, Inc* -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services > > *Office*: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net > > Create Wireless Coverage’s with www.towercoverage.com > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of * Steven Kenney > *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2020 8:42 AM > *To:* af <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Cloud Hosted Mikrotik > > > > Nobody make a product anymore and sells it. Its all subscription based. > Its royally pissing me off too. I mean even in app games if you wanna > remove ads you could just buy the game. NOW you need to pay $10 to remove > ads for A MONTH or a period of time. > > > > Anyhoo.. as far as CHR - I've messed around with it on Amazon and it does > work. Quite cool actually ....but I've found after crunching the numbers > over the years its still way cheaper running your own hardware in your own > NOC than in the cloud. I've had servers run for 9 years giving me way more > ROI than any monthly subscription could. If properly maintained. Not to > mention you are taking your own destiny into your own hands instead of > placing them in a 3rd party's possession. > > > > Now if you don't have the staff or time to manage things then yeah you > will need to pay someone else for their expertise in putting it all > together. > > > > I think a hybrid solution is the overall best solution. The best of both > worlds. > > > > -- > Steven Kenney > Network Operations Manager > WaveDirect Telecommunications > http://www.wavedirect.net > (519)737-WAVE (9283) > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Seth Mattinen" <se...@rollernet.us> > *To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Wednesday, June 10, 2020 12:53:22 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Cloud Hosted Mikrotik > > > > On 6/10/20 6:01 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Oh, for sure. Virtualized routers are where the industry is going, > whether it's a VM running on your compute infrastructure or on your > switch\router. > > > No thanks, because here comes the annual subscriptions. Cisco already > went that way with CSR 1000V. Maybe I'm pessimistic, but the majority of > the industry is sure to go that way too. At least the first sale > doctrine applies to hardware. Tired of fucking subscriptions for every > damn thing. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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