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Analogy to not paying for backups or additional server capacity, is excellent.
by rossdavidh 4y ago
Analogy to not paying for backups or additional server capacity, is excellent.
- closeparen 4y agoIt’s really not. Resiliency and capacity headroom are orthogonal to where they’re located. Better analogy would be the cloud. You could imagine a number of different points on the cloud vs. self host spectrum: - Fully dependent on high level APIs of a third party. - Dependent on commodity VMs and dedicated servers from third parties. - Purchase equipment from third parties to host on leased premises with leased connectivity. - Purchase equipment from third parties to host on own land with leased connectivity. - Fabricate your own equipment to host on your own land and lay your own fiber to customers. - Dig your own mines to obtain the raw material for such equipment. Fabricate your own machines to make it.