- We're starting from scratch and think AWS will give us flexibility for cheap
- We have existing servers and think moving from them to AWS will give us flexibility for cheap
Cases where people move away from EC2:
- It was slow/unreliable
- It was expensive
Conlusion: You should use AWS EC2 in order to save money and have flexible resource allocation, but don't expect it to be stable or cost-effective.
- We're starting from scratch and think AWS will give us flexibility for cheap
- We have existing servers and think moving from them to AWS will give us flexibility for cheap
Cases where people move away from EC2:
- It was slow/unreliable
- It was expensive
Conlusion: You should use AWS EC2 in order to save money and have flexible resource allocation, but don't expect it to be stable or cost-effective.