Frank HeijkampOct 20
@hugoestr Or find a local company and pay them in order to do it for you. #SupportLocal
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Show threadFediThing Oct 20

@alterelefant @hugoestr @rysiek

It's surprisingly cheap to use managed hosting nowadays, you can get your own instance of all kinds of online services starting for just a few euros a month. You don't have to do any tech stuff yourself, the price includes maintenance etc.

If it's a small company it's also much easier to get hold of support people there if you do have any problems.

I don't know how many of them rely on Amazon, but at least all of my instances are working fine today and they're on multiple managed hosting companies.

Show threadBoris MarinovOct 20
@FediThing @alterelefant @hugoestr @rysiek
It is easy to find a company which can host a server for you. It is next to impossible to find a company able to do that and also offering managed infrastructure (messaging, database and adequate networking). Why I don't know, I guess no one in Europe has both the idea and the funds for that.
Show threadWilfried KlaebeOct 20

In https://blog.koehntopp.info/2024/09/30/cloud-cost-vs-on-premises-cost.html, @isotopp lays out that you need a certain size for running stuff yourself to be cheaper than renting pieces of clouds.

The existing US hyperscalers will always be cheaper than a new EU hyperscaler can be.

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Cloud Cost vs. On-Premises Cost | Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp

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Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp
Show threadFrank Heijkamp

@wonka It very much depends on the services your systems needs. In most cases dynamic scalability is not required. Instant scalability is a key reason to choose for 'other peoples computers' over your own computers.

Generally one can estimate fairly accurately the number of concurrent users on the system. In most cases a serious local partner is able to accommodate all your needs and deploy your systems on their or your own hardware.
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Show threadKrisOct 20

@alterelefant @wonka @bmarinov @FediThing @hugoestr @rysiek

You did not read the text which is not about scalability at all