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you still have to go from bare metal in someone else's DC to having you software running on top of it, who's going to do all that config work? You're spending r
by xchaotic 9y ago
you still have to go from bare metal in someone else's DC to having you software running on top of it, who's going to do all that config work? You're spending resources either way.
- kuschku 9y agoAs I said before, thanks to container linux, that's 3 lines in a json config. I've deployed a handful of servers automatically myself this way, and I'm still a student. Saving about an order of magnitude in terms of costs, gaining flexibility, and the only additional work is so low that it costs a compsci student half an hour once (aka ~10€ in wages) — there's no reason not to do it.