Tuesday, July 11, 2017

DIY vs AWS

Came across a very good , simple to understand comparison between AWS and DIY (Do-It Yourself)


DIY
AWS
Scale Up
Elastic Service(On-Demand/ When needed)
Assume Reliable Infrastructure
Assume Infrastructure Failure
Diverse Technical Expertise
Application Based Expertise
Application Unaware of Infrastructure
Application aware infrastructure
High Upfront Cost
Usage Based Cost
Design, Build, Operate
Limited Knowledge/ Shared Support
Showback , charge back challenging
Showback , Chargeback can be achieved by granular monitoring of usage

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