Saying RAM and bandwidth are the same thing is entirely as accurate as saying S3 and Lightsail are the same thing.
I never said they were the same thing. I said they were pretty much the same thing, which is different. Here’s what I said, re-read it please.
by Javier Cabrera: Amazon S3 is pretty much the same as Lightsail (which came out later, based on their experience on how people were using S3 buckets to host static sites), you can find the RAM limits for Lightsail in this page: https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/
Two different services, obviously.
Now…
“RAM limits” for Netlify. It may be written on their website as bandwidth but–
But nothing. It doesn’t says RAM, it says bandwidth.
Bandwidth, as I understand it (please someone correct me if I’m wrong) has to do with how much data you’re using. RAM, on the other hand, has to do with how much memory it takes up to process that data you are using.
Now, static web sites take little if almost no RAM, true. But they do take RAM, and when you have a spike in visits from one moment to the next, that’s when ***** hits the fan. Scalability for peak periods of traffic is a must when deploying a website, even a static one.
And for that, we need to know what we are buying.
I’m not saying no people should NOT use Netlify. Anyone’s free to do what they want.
I’m just stating the fact that, after people works hours and hours on their websites, they should think twice about where they will be hosting their websites.
Netlify offers a great service, I’m not saying they don’t. But they don’t disclose how much RAM their plans offer, not even in their PRO accounts. That might be a problem for some, for most, I reckon it won’t be an issue.
But, It is always to be ready for the best case scenario. Always. That’s all I’m saying. Anyone’s site can go viral.
One needs as much information as possible when choosing a hosting provider.
No need to create an account in the forum just to refute me in every post I make about Netlify?