Consider that whenever you are paying for AWS you are also paying for whatever p...

vidarh on Jan 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Comprehensive Guide to Building a Scalable Web A...

Consider that whenever you are paying for AWS you are also paying for whatever proportional part of the AWS infrastructure is sitting idle at any one time - Amazon still need to cover those costs - it just get amortised over the paid resource usage.