Re: [tlug] VPS providers in Japan

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 19 August 2014 13:29, Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:

> I.e. your big advantage over
> pay-as-you-go cloud is you are cheaper, so you could actually show the
> equivalent EC2 costs for the same powered server. (Most people I know
> who use ec2 are using it 24/7.)

Make sure you do an apples-to-apples comparison between your VPS
instances and EC2 reserved instances:

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/purchasing-options/reserved-instances/

The advantage there of your solution is that you don't have to reserve
instances for 12 or 36 months. :)

Cheers,
Josh

PS: I used to work for Amazon. /full-disclosure