Ask HN: Does anyone use Linode but is not using all the available bandwidth?
We use Linode heavily as kind of CDN, storing static files that never change. Our Linode bill is about $1000p/m and most of the CPUs/disc IO is hardly used at all. The reason why we have so many instances is that each instance contributes to the total available bandwidth pool. So by having so many instances we do not pay for bandwidth overages which are very expensive ($0.1 per GB)
I believe there must be lots of companies who use Linode primarily for storing applications that are heavy on CPU/disc IO and use very little of the bandwidth.
I think there could be nice synergies in place where we could stop most of our instances and use someone's other instances for static content and essentially paying part of someone's Linode bill.
I believe there must be lots of companies who use Linode primarily for storing applications that are heavy on CPU/disc IO and use very little of the bandwidth.
I think there could be nice synergies in place where we could stop most of our instances and use someone's other instances for static content and essentially paying part of someone's Linode bill.
Anyone interested?