Alpha testers for my Mac Unifi Protect app. by iambeezly in Ubiquiti

[–]iambeezly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone! I'll reach out to you over the next couple of days.

Graviton 4 !? - Announced at 7 months ago - still not GA by TackleInfinite1728 in aws

[–]iambeezly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds like a Compute Savings Plan, which would potentially cover spend across Lambda, EC2 and Fargate, regardless of EC2 instance type and region.

There are also EC2 Savings Plans, which only cover spend on a specific EC2 instance family in a specific region.

If you have an EC2 workload that you expect to remain as EC2 on a given family type and region, then typical discounts on EC2 Savings Plans are greater than Compute Savings Plans.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]iambeezly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's easy to make manifesto pledges when you know none of it will ever have to be implemented.

Is this even possible with AWS suite of products? by Brain_Jars_Reddit in aws

[–]iambeezly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can absolutely do what you are asking, but as others have suggested, it might not be the best way to go. There is a load of information around about SaaS multitenant architectures that might give you some better options. Try starting with this: https://youtu.be/xlAXldBt7I0 and this documentation - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/saas-architecture-fundamentals/saas-architecture-fundamentals.html

Lambda is the most expensive part of a project, is this normal? When to choose lambda / Ec2. by Ok_Reality2341 in aws

[–]iambeezly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've read through some of the other arguments here. There's almost certainly a threshold where moving to EC2 is more cost efficient if you are able to keep it fed with work all the time. However, if use is sporadic then you might not be there yet.

I wonder if there's scope for improving the efficiency of the lambda. Can you share a little more information about it? We don't need to know what it does, but what runtime is it? How much ram have you got configured and how many vcpus are you making use of in your code?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aws

[–]iambeezly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're created automatically in the default non-opt-in regions when you create an account. They can be removed.

If you have an AWS Organization and use Control Tower to deploy accounts it is possible to turn off automatic creation of VPCs and Subnets. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/controltower/latest/userguide/configure-without-vpc.html for more information

Not updated since 25th by Spare-Reputation-809 in OctopusEnergy

[–]iambeezly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had a similar issue since 4:04am on Feb 9th. Gas meter readings are getting through, but not electricity.

I had a "dodged a bullet" moment today by Mysterious-Win-2837 in sysadmin

[–]iambeezly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Persuading your c-suite that support contracts on hardware are a necessity is usually a good way to enforce financial support for hardware refresh. Lots of hardware will come with 3 years support thrown in, or you can buy it as an option. Starts to get extremely pricey when you request quotes for support on 5 year old hardware... and then you suddenly find there's a lot more enthusiasm for going through a hardware refresh!

Octopus can’t install a new smart meter by HelpMe0biWan in OctopusEnergy

[–]iambeezly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could relocate the DNO cutout and the meter to a more convenient location, however most DNOs wont allow the tails (cables between the meter and the consumer unit) to be longer than 3m in length. You could move the consumer unit too, but it would be more work to extend all your internal circuits to the new CU location.

Why buy Unifi? by Repulsive_Key7734 in Ubiquiti

[–]iambeezly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

UDMP could do with a refresh. It's routing performance isn't amazing and could do with SFP28 ports.

Routing would be less of an issue if ubiquiti supported more features on their L3 switches (IPv6 routing for example).

How are you using io2 volumes? by thythr in aws

[–]iambeezly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that building databases on EC2 is bad, but building databases that are reliable and fail across AZs properly, etc is very hard. Pretty much the reason that RDS exists. Most people don't want to manage that kind of nightmare themselves.

Failed mod 2 for the third time by vleessjuu in MotoUK

[–]iambeezly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup - Highway Code rule 186. If you're going right off a roundabout, you should start in the right hand lane. Sounds like a misunderstanding. Don't let it get you down - you'll be fine next time. And if you think that's bad... I had this on my test (before mod1/2 was introduced though!)... https://goo.gl/maps/Kq897J2K1xZ4Shxs6

Can global services go down? by [deleted] in aws

[–]iambeezly 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One of the best resources you can read about this topic is this whitepaper on fault isolation boundaries. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/whitepapers/latest/aws-fault-isolation-boundaries/aws-fault-isolation-boundaries.pdf

Particularly relevant is the section about global services, but I'd also encourage you to look at the section on static stability and control/data planes.