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Only if you want to have a huge and complex system. If you have small and localized ones, it should be very cheap.
by AdrianB1 7y ago
Only if you want to have a huge and complex system. If you have small and localized ones, it should be very cheap.
- rightbyte 7y agoYe, like one VM running per city or region. I feel they are just sinking money into software and administration of software.
- fh973 7y agoWhatsApp has shown that you can actually build large-scale system infrastructures very efficiently. And they had global service, Uber could profit from sharding as you suggest.
- conanbatt 7y agoApply for a job at Uber proposing a cut in engineering expenses with your plan and become instantly rich.
- AdrianB1 7y agoAnd never get hired because the people doing interviews have to protect their jobs :)