kkarhan, 6 months ago

@tayledras @noiq As a matter of fact, I did help a fmr. client/employer to move their #Servers and #VMs inhouse again amidst escalating costs...
Turns our it's cheaper to invest 8 digits once to reduce the hosting bills from 6 to 4 digits espechally since they ain't having short-term & highly fluctuating loads that justify the cost.

I mean, I know cases where that does apply and in these cases it's worth paying €€€€ to do #livestreaming on a #CDN like #dacast / #Akamai, but that's an exception.

kkarhan, 8 months ago

@selfisekai for real?

Like, I know #Akamai works and I've used their #CDN in the past [#dacast #Streaming ] but it's expensive af...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies

I wounder why Microsoft hasn't put that capacity inhouse...

kkarhan, 10 months ago

@esheep Reminds me of #Multistreaming and how I literally shoved a corporate event onto #Akamai using #dacast's service...

Was pretty pricy tho: medium 4 digits + tax for medium 3 digits viewers!