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Maybe just a couple. If you google the StackExchange Hardware Setup, you will find they use surprisingly little Hardware. Back in 2013, they could go with 2 sin
by littlecranky67 7y ago
Maybe just a couple. If you google the StackExchange Hardware Setup, you will find they use surprisingly little Hardware. Back in 2013, they could go with 2 single webservers not accounting for failover reduncancy [0]. They have upgraded since, but still, if you consider the amount of hits they get, they run a pretty humble hardware [1].
One of the arguments I make when people say microservices + cloud built to the core is the only way to scale - clearly a cleverly architected approach can save you lots on hardware/hosting money.
[0]: https://nickcraver.com/blog/2013/11/22/what-it-takes-to-run-stack-overflow/#core-hardware https://nickcraver.com/blog/2013/11/22/what-it-takes-to-run-...
[1]: https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/02/17/stack-overflow-the-architecture-2016-edition/ https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/02/17/stack-overflow-the-ar...