On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis <pagalt...@gmx.de> wrote: > Yes. Isn’t that just what you get from SimpleDB, though? That would be > why I thought KC an option.
SimpleDB offer complex queries. And you pay for all the IO and CPU they use, too, which is why it's getting expensive when cranking through our report volume. Slowing down how often Barbie's server queries metabase for updates cut the monthly bills by hundreds of dollars a month. FWIW, I'm convinced this is part of Amazon's business model. It all seems so cheap and easy, but once you put any real volume into it, the nickels and dimes for usage start adding up. Another example: ever notice how often Amazon recommends making EBS snapshots in their literature? Every idle EBS volume gets charged at their usual price/gig. Back up daily and don't have a really good purge system in place and your storage costs go up 100x or more very quickly! -- David
