Etsy Announces Move to Google Cloud

Post by xref » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 7:26 PM UTC

Post by clintonb » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 7:47 PM UTC

Post by whitepoplar » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 7:50 PM UTC

clintonb wrote: post #3

Did they use another provider prior to the move, or self-host?

Post by tty7 » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 7:52 PM UTC

codingdave wrote: post #4

> Etsy's transition to the Google Cloud Platform is expected to be complete within the next two years. I have no idea what Etsy looks like internally, but that sounds like an awfully long time in this day and age. Anyone have an inkling as to why this is a multi-year project?

Post by illumin8 » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 7:55 PM UTC

merb wrote: post #2

wasn't etsy the company that was using amazon and shifted back to their own infra because they said cloud is not as cheap as own infra?