How Cloud computing Works Mixpanel

Cloud computing is often positioned as a solution to scalability problems. In fact, it seems that every day I see some companies start using cloud services. And we mixhttp://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/29863.html ">panel but the opposite." I'm writing this article to explain why some startups are encouraged to adopt alternative alternatives.

First, I want to write some of the advantages of cloud services

lower initial acquisition costs. You only need less than 20 dollars to get a cloud server, and the cheapest stand-alone host will cost you at least 50 dollars. It is very important for the new company to reduce the cost. Quickly deploy servers and hourly billing. If you have variable traffic and you have no problem scaling your data persistence layer (persistence layer), you can easily change your server response speed. Inexpensive CPU performance. If your application is pure CPU bound type, you can get great price/performance. The cloud computing problem across. Cloud services and even AWS provide only a very small number of customizations compared to stand-alone hosts. Hardware that has no access to cutting-edge technology. In Mixpanel, some of our code libraries are highly optimized. If 11545.html "> We have faster hardware, this code can be run in less time." Typically, dedicated virtual host service providers provide the latest hardware (especially the latest CPUs and SSD) and are often compromised on cloud services. Advantages of dedicated Servers

Having been fed up with the performance of the cloud services, I decided to use dedicated hardware. It's not a random decision, it does take me months to move the most important infrastructure part.

When you decide to use dedicated hardware, the next step is to select the vendor. We have received quotations from a number of companies. To my surprise, these quotations can vary greatly, you can negotiate with providers, and can easily reduce the price of 50–70, which is not the cloud services. As an engineer, the sales process is tiring, but once you know what discount you can get, the negotiations will be very quick.

Here are some of the reasons we decided to adopt the SoftLayer service:

Without a contract you might think that signing a 1 or 2-year contract will give you a better price. But interestingly, we communicate with two providers who do not offer contracts, and they offer better prices. Wide selection SoftLayer seems to have retained some hardware for the previous year, and you can get a deal at a good price. Most of the providers we touch only offer the latest hardware. Rapid deployment of Softlayer is not as fast as a cloud service, but it's usually done in 2-8 hours, and that's enough speed. Other hosting companies usually take days or even longer.

The last thing to say is that getting dedicated hardware is really cheap. Our machines are 2 to 4 times times more expensive than half the price of cloud services.

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