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I'm not the person you're replying to, but someone that disagrees with you. I run multiple servers, at this minute there's 8 web servers online and 1 mysql ser

I'm not the person you're replying to, but someone that disagrees with you. I run multiple servers, at this minute there's 8 web servers online and 1 mysql server. Each server has a different purpose, some are long term and some are short term (taken offline after purpose served). Having to manage the cron jobs running on each server is a pain, having 8 servers all running different things is fine if you have the time and want to save money, but for me I'd rather pay $20 a month and outsource it to someone else. It's the same reason I use Postmark (http://postmarkapp.com http://postmarkapp.com) for my email. I could manage email myself but I value my time, same deal here. Same reason I use google apps for personal email, same reason I use Linode for servers instead of buying hardware and colocating. Time is my biggest constraint not money, so spending an hour to save $20 isn't worth it.

18pfsmt 15y ago
>Having to manage the cron jobs running on each server is a pain Agreed, that's why you would use a single, cheap Atom box sitting under your desk managing all of your cron jobs. >spending an hour to save $20 isn't worth it This isn't saving $20, it is saving $240 per year, so having your own hardware is break-even for year one. Year two is essentially free. >it's the same reason I use Postmark [...] for my email Email is an entirely different beast, dealing lots of config files, blacklists, and a kludge of MTAs/ MUAs. I completely understand outsourcing that piece of operations. >instead of buying hardware and colocating There is no reason such operations need to be run from a datacenter/ colo. Any office/ business connection should be adequate to run cron jobs.
- 18pfsmt 15y ago
  The only reason I'm putting these thoughts out there is because I want to understand why things do not work out the way that makes sense to me. When people just down-vote, I can't understand what I am getting wrong. Please help explain what I'm missing, it would help a lot, thanks.

18pfsmt 15y ago

>Having to manage the cron jobs running on each server is a pain Agreed, that's why you would use a single, cheap Atom box sitting under your desk managing all of your cron jobs. >spending an hour to save $20 isn't worth it This isn't saving $20, it is saving $240 per year, so having your own hardware is break-even for year one. Year two is essentially free. >it's the same reason I use Postmark [...] for my email Email is an entirely different beast, dealing lots of config files, blacklists, and a kludge of MTAs/ MUAs. I completely understand outsourcing that piece of operations. >instead of buying hardware and colocating There is no reason such operations need to be run from a datacenter/ colo. Any office/ business connection should be adequate to run cron jobs.

18pfsmt 15y ago
The only reason I'm putting these thoughts out there is because I want to understand why things do not work out the way that makes sense to me. When people just down-vote, I can't understand what I am getting wrong. Please help explain what I'm missing, it would help a lot, thanks.