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I've just shifted my SWE infrastructure from AWS to Hetzner (literally in the last month). My current analysis looks like it will be about 15-20% of the cost -
by wulfstan 7mo ago
I've just shifted my SWE infrastructure from AWS to Hetzner (literally in the last month). My current analysis looks like it will be about 15-20% of the cost - £240 vs 40-50 euros.
Expect a significant exit expense, though, especially if you are shifting large volumes of S3 data. That's been our biggest expense. I've moved this to Wasabi at about 8 euros a month (vs about $70-80 a month on S3), but I've paid transit fees of about $180 - and it was more expensive because I used DataSync.
Retrospectively, I should have just DIYed the transfer, but maybe others can benefit from my error...
- adamcharnock 7mo agoFYI, AWS offers free Egress when leaving them (because they were forced to be EU regulation, but they chose to offer it globally): https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/free-data-transfer-out-to-internet-when-moving-out-of-aws/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/free-data-transfer-out-to-i... But. Don't leave it until the last minute to talk to them about this. They don't make it easy, and require some warning (think months, IIRC)
- wulfstan 7mo agoExtremely useful information - unfortunately I just assumed this didn't apply to me because I am in the UK and not the EU. Another mistake, though given it's not huge amounts of money I will chalk it up to experience. Hopefully someone else will benefit from this helpful advice.
- sciencejerk 7mo agoThank God for the EU regulations. USA has been too lax about cracking down on anti-competitive market practices
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