On 2014-10-09 04:35, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) wrote:
>> From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org]
>> On Behalf Of Yves Dorfsman
>>
>> There are a lot of things on AWS that aren't clear, but this isn't one of
>> them. The only conditions, beside technical issues, where AWS will slow
>> down
>> or shutdown your instances, regardless of how big a customer you are, are:
> 
> Not true.  On the "Instance Types" page they describe clearly:
> http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
> 
> Type  Networking Performance
> t2.Micro      Low to Moderate
> t2.Small      Low to Moderate
> m3.Medium     Moderate
> m3.xlarge     High
> And so on...
> 
> The point being, they do in fact prioritize network traffic in favor of 
> larger more expensive instances.

Network traffic? Yes, it is restricted, but it's not based on who the customer
is, it's based on the instance type. I assumed that by "flush down the toilet"
you meant the instance had vanished.

> when Amazon gets enough demand for higher paying customers on higher paying
instances, they take the little machines like this, and simply flush us down
the toilet.  It's a big F-U to little customers.

---
Yves.
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