AWS TO BARE METAL TWO YEARS LATER: ANSWERING YOUR TOUGHEST QUESTIONS ABOUT LEAVING AWS

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OneUptime migrated from AWS to bare-metal two years ago, and they are now saving $1.2M/year. The migration involved running MicroK8s + Ceph with high availability, improving latency, and reinvesting savings into AI servers. They found bare metal cheaper than AWS after factoring in all costs, including bandwidth and control plane fees, and despite initial concerns, reliability improved.