AWS vs. Packet.net – Why We Left AWS
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AWS vs. Packet.net – Why We Left AWS
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#2packet.net looks interesting. I wish there was a free tier to explore it.
Re: AWS vs. Packet.net – Why We Left AWS
#3packet.net looks interesting. I wish there was a free tier to explore it.
Heh - yep. They have the type 0 which is $0.05/hr. It was a gateway drug for me I'll shoot them a note linking to your comment
Also: Thank you for whomever linked to my blog post!
Re: AWS vs. Packet.net – Why We Left AWS
#4packet.net looks interesting. I wish there was a free tier to explore it.
Heh - yep. They have the type 0 which is $0.05/hr. It was a gateway drug for me I'll shoot them a note linking to your comment Also: Thank you for whomever linked to my blog post!
So $0.05/hr is pretty cheap, but agreed free trial is better. We made a little page with $25 on it if you'd like to try it out! https://www.packet.net/promo/hacker-news/
Re: AWS vs. Packet.net – Why We Left AWS
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Heh - yep. They have the type 0 which is $0.05/hr. It was a gateway drug for me I'll shoot them a note linking to your comment Also: Thank you for whomever linked to my blog post!
So $0.05/hr is pretty cheap, but agreed free trial is better. We made a little page with $25 on it if you'd like to try it out! https://www.packet.net/promo/hacker-news/
Awesome! Just signed up. Looking forward to kicking the tires.
Re: AWS vs. Packet.net – Why We Left AWS
#6Looks like it's 5x the cost of Hetzner for similar hardware. So what is the advantage?
Re: AWS vs. Packet.net – Why We Left AWS
#7Interesting. Does the elastic ip add on allow for eg an ip "shared" between a couple of LB's using keepalived? It mentions assigning it to a server in the faq, but doesn't specify what that actually does.
Re: AWS vs. Packet.net – Why We Left AWS
#8Too bad it stands no chance. It's either amazon, Google or with a lot of much azure the customer would pick.