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		rwg on Nov 1, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon S3 Price Reduction Does that "3x to 4x more" figure take into account the associated costs of handling 10GigE drops versus having your stack on AWS? (Routing/switching gear, server hardware, rack space/power, network engineers, etc.)

colinhostert on Nov 1, 2010 [–]

yeah its an all in cost. Includes power, space, network gear (juniper ex8200), optics, cables, salaries of employees.

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