| By Udayan Banerjee |
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| November 6, 2012 12:35 AM EST |
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The price reduction is limited to US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon).
Here is a comparison of prevailing prices at Jan-2010, Mar-2012 and Nov-2012.
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Jan-10 |
Mar-12 |
Nov-12 |
| On-Demand Instances |
Small – Linux – N. Virginia |
$0.085 |
$0.080 |
$0.065 |
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Quadruple Extra Large – Windows – N. California |
$3.160 |
$2.504 |
$2.504 |
| Data Transfer – In |
|
Free till June 2010 |
Free |
Free |
| Data Transfer – Out |
Per GB depending on the total monthly volume |
$0.1 to $0.17 |
$0.05 to $0.12
1st 1GB Free |
$0.05 to $0.12
1st 1GB Free |
| Storage (EBS) |
Per allocated GB per month |
$0.10 |
$0.10 |
$0.10 |
| I/O Requests |
Per million I/O |
$0.10 |
$0.10 |
$0.10 |
Here is a more detailed analysis on past price reduction.
A Snapshot of the On-Demand pricing as it exists now (November 2012)
I will be able to use this in future for comparison!
Udayan Banerjee is CTO at NIIT Technologies Ltd, an IT industry veteran with more than 30 years' experience. He blogs at http://setandbma.wordpress.com.
The blog focuses on emerging technologies like cloud computing, mobile computing, social media aka web 2.0 etc. It also contains stuff about agile methodology and trends in architecture. It is a world view seen through the lens of a software service provider based out of Bangalore and serving clients across the world.
The focus is mostly on...
- Keep the hype out and project a realistic picture
- Uncover trends not very apparent
- Draw conclusion from real life experience
- Point out fallacy & discrepancy when I see them
- Talk about trends which I find interesting
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