> As a reminder, east-west bandwidth is one of the highest expenses in a datacenter.
Is this correct?
In the post you linked here, Doug only claims that internal datacenter traffic is common, not expensive.
I may be misunderstanding something here since you also used the phrase "east-west bandwidth out of the datacenter", which sounds like an oxymoron to me. Sorry if that's the case 😅
Interesting to see real-world examples of how cloud compute cost-scaling is shifting the on-prem vs cloud debate + how google's vertical integration is actually providing cost-competitive advantages. It's becoming hard to imagine how commodity chip-makers like Intel are going to compete on the margin with each cloud hyperscaler offering their own custom domain-specific chip as a service or vertically integrating into their own offering.
> As a reminder, east-west bandwidth is one of the highest expenses in a datacenter.
Is this correct?
In the post you linked here, Doug only claims that internal datacenter traffic is common, not expensive.
I may be misunderstanding something here since you also used the phrase "east-west bandwidth out of the datacenter", which sounds like an oxymoron to me. Sorry if that's the case 😅
I totes meant to say north south. Brain fart, sorry. Fixed it. Thanks for correcting my stupid oversight
Interesting to see real-world examples of how cloud compute cost-scaling is shifting the on-prem vs cloud debate + how google's vertical integration is actually providing cost-competitive advantages. It's becoming hard to imagine how commodity chip-makers like Intel are going to compete on the margin with each cloud hyperscaler offering their own custom domain-specific chip as a service or vertically integrating into their own offering.
Performance, power, cooling take up way more of TCO than manufacturing costs. Intel could compete if they make something more efficient
Are you sure it's transcoding that's too expensive? It could be the network.
They have to skimp on transcoding, which means they have to send larger file sizes for similar quality video. I explain that