$50 PlanetScale Metal (planetscale.com) 21 points by ianl 10 hours ago 2 comments Copy Link View on Hacker News
Copy Link eppi1985 9 hours ago Next Collapse Comment - I initially assumed Metal meant their own dedicated hardware. It turns out it means they use AWS nvme drives instead. A bit surprising given the name. But makes sense, we could never put our database outside of AWS. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link samlambert 9 hours ago Prev Collapse Comment - This is high availability and unlimited IOPs at $50 a month. It's likely impossible to find cheaper hosted Postgres with comparable features. Reply View | 0 replies
I initially assumed Metal meant their own dedicated hardware. It turns out it means they use AWS nvme drives instead. A bit surprising given the name. But makes sense, we could never put our database outside of AWS.