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Comment by preseinger

3 years ago

bare metal has high capex and low opex

cloud vms have low capex and high opex

which one is more expensive is a function of many variables

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mgaunard  3 years ago

to get decent prices for cloud you need to commit to 3 years of usage upfront, and if you do that then it's about the same price as buying the hardware outright.

Otherwise it's three times more expensive.

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