• msage@programming.dev
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    12 hours ago

    How much is this true?

    Not only are those clouds expensive, they are also slow.

    So perhaps a fifth of the peak hardware would be cheaper than the entire AWD and still more than capable.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      How much, I can’t say. Not my pay grade :p

      But for peak demand they can assume a certain amount from historical data or expected load for something special (like an exclusive report everyone would like to read about).
      And lunch hours arent shifting around much. So you could schedule more load balancing during the hours of 11am to 3pm in advance.

      Just depends on your usecase I guess.