Comment on The Enterprise: I’m Not Sexy And I Know ItparentComments−count13yDon't underestimate how cheap EC2 can be to a large organization, with complicated rules and structures around things like physical facilities, etc.Especially when you buy down the rates for 'reserved' instances (or even the FFP GovCloud stuff).−ucee05413yFirst, what you describe is the appearance of low cost (next to a horrible alternative), as opposed to actual low cost.Second, the reason for this "cheapness" is not multi-tenancy but the complicated rules and structures.The larger point is that Rodney Rogers' article asks for too much.In fact, I believe most companies would go bust trying to fulfill his requirements. If I were to win his business I would turn it down.I believe the best he can hope for realistically is that SAP add some more hypervisor support to their software.
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Don't underestimate how cheap EC2 can be to a large organization, with complicated rules and structures around things like physical facilities, etc.
Especially when you buy down the rates for 'reserved' instances (or even the FFP GovCloud stuff).
First, what you describe is the appearance of low cost (next to a horrible alternative), as opposed to actual low cost.
Second, the reason for this "cheapness" is not multi-tenancy but the complicated rules and structures.
The larger point is that Rodney Rogers' article asks for too much.
In fact, I believe most companies would go bust trying to fulfill his requirements. If I were to win his business I would turn it down.
I believe the best he can hope for realistically is that SAP add some more hypervisor support to their software.