Subj : Re: Done with them?
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Brian Klauss
Date : Mon Jan 25 2021 10:06 pm

 Re: Re: Done with them?
 By: Aaron Thomas to Brian Klauss on Tue Jan 26 2021 03:43 am

>  BK> than it may be worth.  Prior to Amazon, building multiple data centers
>  BK> worldwide to provide the same benefits that Amazon provides was
>  BK> excessive and costly. Either deal with it or build your own.
>
> There are other CDNs besides Amazon. Some would probably welcome an
> opportunity to serve companies fleeing Amazon.

A CDN is defined as a method of distribution of static content.  Sites like Amazon provide the backend infrastructure, EC2, Lambda, S3, etc., as well as the frontend, such as CloudFront, to ensure data gets transmitted locally at the greatest possible speed.  Hell, even Netflix relies upon a fanout distribution model to ensure their movies are as close to the audience as possible.  Yet, they still rely upon the backend infrastructure to provide the actual content to their edge locations.

> But I think a modest social network can get by without even using a CDN. A
> dedicated server for a bunch of people to rant about politics should be able
> to do the job.

Lease a couple racks in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Philadelphia, with two Cisco UCS chassis, eight to ten servres, a small NetApp all flash storage array, networking gear, firewalls, and load balancers, and create the necessary replication between each location, and you got it made.  Initial investment a couple million.  If you've got the capital or investors, go for it (hell, I'll even set it up for you even if I don't agree with your politics).  Yet, the cheaper alternative is to rely upon the AWS, GCP, and Azures out there.

> But for Amazon, Google, and Apple to banish them from their app stores is
> hitting below the belt.

All an app does it provide a front-end interface that makes the necessary API calls into the server and serverless infrastructure.  If you can access a website from the comforts of your phone, the problem is already solved and eliminates AWS, GCP, and everyone else.

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