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I thought along the same lines, but our experience has been that beyond the initial server setup time we spend almost no time twiddling with servers. Hardware f
by tworats 16y ago
I thought along the same lines, but our experience has been that beyond the initial server setup time we spend almost no time twiddling with servers. Hardware failures are extremely rare, and in case we have a significant one we'd just replace the entire server. Since our software deployment is automated, it takes little effort to fire up a new server.
- briandoll 16y agoAnd where does that new server come from? How quickly can you get one set up at your datacenter? Automated software deployment is easy by comparison. Hardware failures are rare until they happen. At the end of the day, you get to decide if the value of business continuity is worth it of not. Maybe in your case it's not. I'm not suggesting that VPS is the answer for everyone though. Certainly an app that has significant infrastructure almost always benefits from rolling their own hardware, and hiring systems administrators to manage that infrastructure. Since you're talking about a single machine, from my perspective, a VPS is cheaper and more reliable over the long term.
- tworats 16y agoBusiness continuity comes from having warm/hot backup servers in different colos, not from the speed at which we can replace servers. But your point is taken, it is certainly much easier to have a server replacement automatically happen than to have to buy the server, set it up, and drive to colo.