@ahferroin7
Austin, phenomenal explanation, thank you so much for this.
I finally understand a lot about what these services do, thanks to you. Also, thanks for the tip about Cloudflare vs Amazon Coudfront. It shows you've got a ton of experience in this domain, and you're exactly the type of person whose opinion I needed.
I read your explanation twice.
Route 53: I already have a domain (renewal costs $15/yr), and DNS set up with Linode (costs $10/mo). The domain (and all it's subdomains) resolve fine. So, I don't see the need for Route 53....unless I am missing something.
Is there a downside to using SES + SNS for emails, if the number of emails is in the hundreds only (small numbers)? I ask because I already have it configured and set up (which was quite painful if I'm being honest).
I'm a Systems Reliability and DevOps engineer for Netdata Inc. When not working, I enjoy studying linguistics and history, playing video games, and cooking all kinds of international cuisine.
Route 53: I already have a domain (renewal costs $15/yr), and DNS set up with Linode (costs $10/mo). The domain (and all it's subdomains) resolve fine. So, I don't see the need for Route 53....unless I am missing something.
Ignoring the transfer fees, Route 53 is probably less expensive unless you're seeing many millions of queries. It's 0.50 USD per hosted domain per month, and 0.10 USD per million standard queries per month. The registration costs are probably the same (though worth looking into, because they might not be). I think there's a one-time transfer cost if you want to switch registration to AWS (which would make other Route 53 setup easier), but I'm not sure.
So, unless you're really busy, you'd probably end up paying less than 1 USD a month through Route 53 (provided you don't use any of the fancy features like monitoring and failover). It may also be marginally faster for people who aren't located close to Linode datacenters (AWS has a lot more datacenters, and they automatically route the queries through the closest datacenter).
Is there a downside to using SES + SNS for emails, if the number of emails is in the hundreds only (small numbers)? I ask because I already have it configured and set up (which was quite painful if I'm being honest).
If you've already got it set up and it works for you, there's probably not much of a downside unless you can find a less expensive alternative. The biggest issue with it is how much effort it takes to set up.
Thanks @ahferroin7
! It definitely looks like I should give Route 53 a go at some point in the future when I have more time. It's low onthe priority list, though.
All said and done, your tips have been a great help. Following you on DEV, and I hope you don't mind the odd question on AWS every now and then..
I'm a Systems Reliability and DevOps engineer for Netdata Inc. When not working, I enjoy studying linguistics and history, playing video games, and cooking all kinds of international cuisine.
@ahferroin7 Austin, phenomenal explanation, thank you so much for this.
I finally understand a lot about what these services do, thanks to you. Also, thanks for the tip about Cloudflare vs Amazon Coudfront. It shows you've got a ton of experience in this domain, and you're exactly the type of person whose opinion I needed.
I read your explanation twice.
Route 53: I already have a domain (renewal costs $15/yr), and DNS set up with Linode (costs $10/mo). The domain (and all it's subdomains) resolve fine. So, I don't see the need for Route 53....unless I am missing something.
Is there a downside to using SES + SNS for emails, if the number of emails is in the hundreds only (small numbers)? I ask because I already have it configured and set up (which was quite painful if I'm being honest).
Thank you, again!
Ignoring the transfer fees, Route 53 is probably less expensive unless you're seeing many millions of queries. It's 0.50 USD per hosted domain per month, and 0.10 USD per million standard queries per month. The registration costs are probably the same (though worth looking into, because they might not be). I think there's a one-time transfer cost if you want to switch registration to AWS (which would make other Route 53 setup easier), but I'm not sure.
So, unless you're really busy, you'd probably end up paying less than 1 USD a month through Route 53 (provided you don't use any of the fancy features like monitoring and failover). It may also be marginally faster for people who aren't located close to Linode datacenters (AWS has a lot more datacenters, and they automatically route the queries through the closest datacenter).
If you've already got it set up and it works for you, there's probably not much of a downside unless you can find a less expensive alternative. The biggest issue with it is how much effort it takes to set up.
Thanks @ahferroin7 ! It definitely looks like I should give Route 53 a go at some point in the future when I have more time. It's low onthe priority list, though.
All said and done, your tips have been a great help. Following you on DEV, and I hope you don't mind the odd question on AWS every now and then..
Always glad to share my knowledge!
Thank you!