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That's great. Wait until they see the lead times for getting new infrastructure. And you need to rack and stack those servers somewhere. And you need to ensure
by taylodl 4y ago
That's great. Wait until they see the lead times for getting new infrastructure. And you need to rack and stack those servers somewhere. And you need to ensure that data is backed-up. And you need to ensure you have a DR environment setup so if your primary location is taken out by a local weather calamity you're not SOL for days/weeks/months. And you need the staff to manage and take care of all these things. And don't forget patching. You have to keep everything patched and up-to-date. And don't forget coverage. People have this thing about taking vacations.
Also, setting big data compute infrastructure is a bit different than traditional server infrastructure, if one has never done it before. Your compute, storage, and network infrastructure are critical components and need to be designed and tuned together. I know. We did it. And now some 7 years later we've moved it all to the cloud.