Lease AWS' 259,090 Server for 3-years
An AWS billing expert I am not. There's a whole slew of companies for that. It took me a minute to figure out Outposts.
I’ve never been accused of not loving me some hardware. So, you know I paid attention to AWS’ announced 3-new Outposts offering.
1u box based on AWS’ 3rd Gen Graviton Processor
2u box based on AWS’ 3rd Gen Graviton Processor
2u box based on Intel’s 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable Process <insert TM>
The concept isn’t new to AWS. AWS announced AWS Rack a few years ago which is a full 42u rack of hardware that has a substantial amount of AWS services in your DC. However, the AWS Outpost Server offerings are for smaller-scale solutions. Think edge deployments that need decent amounts of storage and compute at low latency.
I have to say, I had sticker shock. The test/dev option, which is what we’d consider for the CTO Advisor Hybrid Infrastructure, is an eye-popping 7,196.96/month or $259,090/year if you don’t prepay. Then I realized this is the pricing for Rack because AWS search for service pricing is not good.
AWS provides server size options for Rack ranging from 11TB to 55TB and a mix of EC2 performance with compute vs. GPU options. Remember, this company has 475-different EC2 sizes to select from. Take a look at Rack pricing here.
For the Outpost Server, the 3-year cost is closer to the expected $24K to $96K depending on egress, and the OS instances you run becomes this is still pay as a go services on top of hardware you lease.
Take a look at the price sheet AWS has some decent examples of final pricing new the end. What types of use cases are you considering for Outposts, if any?