How much time was lost to the EC2 instance going down and needing to rebuild them? If you needed to do redundancy in the end, if you did it up front, would that two week have been shorter than standing up the EC2 instance when they broke and whatever redundancy you ended up implementing? How much did you end up spending in the end vs what you would have spent if you implemented redundancy in the first place? What was the effect of the EC2 instances going down and then implementing the redundancy on your department's reputation? Are you still viewed as a trusted partner that delivers or did you get a black eye? How willing are other departments to work with you now compared to before?
How much time was lost to the EC2 instance going down and needing to rebuild them? If you needed to do redundancy in the end, if you did it up front, would that two week have been shorter than standing up the EC2 instance when they broke and whatever redundancy you ended up implementing? How much did you end up spending in the end vs what you would have spent if you implemented redundancy in the first place? What was the effect of the EC2 instances going down and then implementing the redundancy on your department's reputation? Are you still viewed as a trusted partner that delivers or did you get a black eye? How willing are other departments to work with you now compared to before?