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Having two servers is a lot more than 2x as complicated and expensive as having 1 server.
by centimeter 6y ago
Having two servers is a lot more than 2x as complicated and expensive as having 1 server.
- jpwgarrison 6y agoA wise colleague recently explained to me that if you build HA things HA from the start, it's only a little more than 2x. If you try to make an _existing_ system HA, it's 3x at best. HN is not a paid service, they can be down for a few hours per year, no problem. We're not all going to walk away in disgust.
- joshmanders 6y agoNot to mention the HNStatus[0] twitter account has so few tweets[1] I don't think it's even worth it. [0]: https://twitter.com/HNStatus https://twitter.com/HNStatus [1]: Last tweet since before today's incident was 2 years ago, 4 years ago since the one before that.