On: Rubygems.org AWS bill for Feb 2014 [pdf]

[ukd1]

The most interesting thing that I found about dealing with stuff at 6 figure+ scale per month on AWS was the un-advertised limits (nodes, provisioned volumes / total size, snapshots, elbs, etc) that you have to either hit, or extract from your account manager.

If anyone ever ends up doing something like this; ask them upfront!

[ceejayoz → ukd1]

Amazon has a whole section in their documentation for the default limits. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_service_lim...

When I've hit them, I've usually had a response to the "raise my limit" form within an hour or two.