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I wonder if they plan to abandon the use of cheap commodity servers for these data centers since the cost of replacing a malfunctioning server becomes much high
by danielrhodes 18y ago
I wonder if they plan to abandon the use of cheap commodity servers for these data centers since the cost of replacing a malfunctioning server becomes much higher.
- hugh 18y agoNot really that much higher. It's not like they'd ship a new one out from the mainland every time one failed -- they'd have a huge stack of spares sitting around on the rig and replenish it every now and then.
- jmtulloss 18y agoI wonder if it is that much higher. Oil rigs are a long way offshore since that's where the oil is. These just can't hit the bottom, and closer tends to be better. Less cable, easier access, etc.