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I've worked at a few small companies over the years that had their own significant colos and/or data centers built on the cheap, and only a sysadmin or two to r

I've worked at a few small companies over the years that had their own significant colos and/or data centers built on the cheap, and only a sysadmin or two to run them. Anecdotally, if the infrastructure is setup right, outages are very rare. Some of these were serving up massive loads at the time. I've done these build-outs a few times in my career and it isn't that hard to do, reliable software is more likely to be an issue. The only significant outage I remember is when the redundant power systems in one DC both failed at the same time for different reasons, which can happen. It is as if the software industry has collectively forgotten how to run basic data center operations. Something that used to be a blue collar skill is now treated like arcane magic.

ctvo 5y ago
> It is as if the software industry has collectively forgotten how to run basic data center operations. Something that used to be a blue collar skill is now treated like arcane magic. It's not arcane magic. It's undifferentiated toil that requires hiring for a different skill set than tech companies generally want to hire for. Of course when you get to a certain size it may make sense to take on this cost. I want us to stop pretending individual actors lack the agency to make their own decisions, and they're all blind to how AWS is charging them a fortune for such simple things they can do themselves. You get value from AWS or you stop using AWS.