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Moving from AWS to Bare-Metal saved us 230,000$ /yr. (blog.oneuptime.com)

submitted 10 months ago by OuPeaNut@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

You don't get that much "security", though. You're still responsible for actually securing all your applications and infrastructure components.

Also, this is a question of scale, just like with any make or buy decision. AWS isn't magic, it's just servers. For a small company, it makes sense to buy servers as a service, but at a certain scale, it stops making sense. This is no different from buying screws versus making your own screws.