I'm wondering what the "revenue capacity" is for the the entire farm?
I don't know how they virtualize, but even a conservative calculation on instance capacity (eg. assume each server can support one XL instance on average) means that they can conceivably bring in $288k per hour.
I'm sure I'm way off with this estimate, is there any evidence out there are regarding their typical server configuration or utilization rates? Spot instance prices paint a pretty vague picture about utilization (eg. rates are pretty much flat over the last month).
I don't know how they virtualize, but even a conservative calculation on instance capacity (eg. assume each server can support one XL instance on average) means that they can conceivably bring in $288k per hour.
I'm sure I'm way off with this estimate, is there any evidence out there are regarding their typical server configuration or utilization rates? Spot instance prices paint a pretty vague picture about utilization (eg. rates are pretty much flat over the last month).