HOSTING FOR YOUR STARTUP, SIDE
PROJECT, OR BIG DOLLAR APP
MY JOURNEY ACROSS HOSTING
PROVIDERS AS A CONSUMER AND IN
SALES
Keith Resar
@KeithResar
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@KeithResar
Keith Resar: Bio
Wear many hats
@KeithResar [email protected]
Coder
Open Source Contributor and Advocate
Infrastructure Architect
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BUILD VS. BUY
Always comes down to trading money for time
(this will be a common theme today)
● Your Technical Capability
● Vendor Portability
● The Eventual Corner Cases
@KeithResar
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IAAS VS. PAAS
The ultimate build vs. buy
@KeithResar
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USE CASES FOR OUR SESSION
myblog.com
Low resource consumption
Dozens of posts,
Dozens of readers
@KeithResar
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USE CASES FOR OUR SESSION
appointment.one
SaaS app
Web and API Front-end
Variable traffic
Large real-time data backend
Cyclic batch workload
Revenue impacting outages
@KeithResar
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USE CASES FOR OUR SESSION
email-format.com
Large data app
Web and API Front-end
Variable traffic
Large real-time data backend
Cyclic batch workload
Revenue impacting outages
@KeithResar
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IAAS
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WHAT COMES WITH IAAS
@KeithResar
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VENDOR SELECTION CRITERIA
@KeithResar
BIG PUBLIC CLOUD
LITTLE PUBLIC CLOUD (VPS)
PHYSICAL HOSTING
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IAAS VENDOR ANALYSIS
@KeithResar
Cloud VPS Server
Core Services
Compute, Storage, IO, Network
Metered Fixed Fixed
Higher Order Services
Data, LTM/GTM,
Metered Some No
Integrations
Marketplace, API Support
Deep Some No
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IAAS USE CASE ANALYSIS
VPS - $5/mo
Cloud - $15
@KeithResar
VPS - $25
Cloud - $50
VPS - $80
Cloud - $500
Server - $100
The Blog SaaS App High-Traffic Site
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PAAS
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WHAT COMES WITH PAAS
@KeithResar
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VENDOR SELECTION CRITERIA
@KeithResar
BIG PUBLIC CLOUD
DEDICATED
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PAAS USE CASE ANALYSIS
Free Tier Eligible
@KeithResar
Hosted - $100
Private - $100
Hosted - $500
+Externalized processing
The Blog SaaS App High-Traffic Site