[GLLUG] Amazon EC2 vs Hetzner dedicated box. Am I missing the obvious?

[Vipul Agarwal]

On 06/08/14 00:41, gvim wrote:
> I just don't understand how the cloud option is economically viable at
> current prices. OK, there's obviously the added reliability and less
> need for admin with SaaS but if you know how to manage your own boxen
> I can't see the advantage. 
Cloud has its advantages when the user doesn't want to undertake the
core tasks involved in virtualization and storage. You'll always find a
single dedicated host setup cheaper than cloud, but what you miss is the
high scalability, ha, easy administration and maintenance free
underlying architecture (which is a lot of handle by a one-man team).

-Vipul

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