The article describes a CTO's announcement about migrating databases to the cloud, reflecting the author's mixed feelings. After a year of using AWS RDS, they found 30% savings on database costs, although bills fluctuated due to usage spikes, which caught the CFO off guard. Performance issues arose with analytics workloads, highlighting that cloud migration isn't always performance-neutral. The author emphasizes the need for rigorous monitoring and a recalibration of expectations regarding cloud performance and costs, offering insights to others considering similar transitions.
"We’ve chopped about 30% off our total database costs, but our bill fluctuates month to month, reflecting actual usage rather than fixed hardware costs."
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