[HN Gopher] Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by Not Going to the ...
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       Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by Not Going to the Cloud
        
       Author : franczesko
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-03-10 20:54 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (tech.ahrefs.com)
        
       | andrewfromx wrote:
       | "the cost of running 20 Ahrefs servers in their own data center
       | is approximately $31,475 per month, while the cost of running an
       | equivalent number of servers on AWS is approximately $136,416 per
       | month" Wow, 77%! But this is such a hard argument to make to tech
       | leaders today. They want to instantly scale up or down at will.
        
       | theandrewbailey wrote:
       | dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35094407
        
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