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100%. We had 11 months where nobody touched the racks as an example and the visit 11 months later was the one to physically get a tool I had left there. I menti
by Patrick-STH 6y ago
100%. We had 11 months where nobody touched the racks as an example and the visit 11 months later was the one to physically get a tool I had left there. I mentioned I even track drive time.
- joshuamorton 6y agoHow much time did you spend deciding which components to upgrade and purchasing parts to later install? How much would you charge a client for that time?
- Patrick-STH 6y agoVery little, but that is probably because we cover the server industry in-depth with reviews and such. I mentioned a bit that that knowledge is key. This is our cost analysis and not going to be the same for everyone.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoFor a business with growing needs (most people at the point of making the decision), won't they need to go to install more hardware frequently, if nothing else?
- Patrick-STH 6y agoThat may be true. We grow 20-30% Y/Y which is not as big as many other places (but is more than most others in our space.) 20-30% growth we handle with refresh cycles since we have extra capacity.
- legulere 6y agoStackoverflow was run on a few servers (don’t know about how many there are now) http://highscalability.com/blog/2014/7/21/stackoverflow-update-560m-pageviews-a-month-25-servers-and-i.html http://highscalability.com/blog/2014/7/21/stackoverflow-upda... Often you don’t need that much hardware.
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- therealx 6y agoA lot of businesses aren't growing at breakneck speeds, and with modern cpu/ram setups, are often massively underprovisioned. A very big car rental company you'd know the name of was being run on four servers, and they were only upgraded at EOL (if something broke, Dell had same day or next day service)