6 ms·
To be fair 4 years for a server seems like very little.
by redox99 3y ago
To be fair 4 years for a server seems like very little.
- ot 3y agoUntil a few years ago each CPU generation brought so much performance improvement that you would actually save money by replacing the server, because it would cut down your operational expenses (power, rack space, cooling, ...) per unit of compute. This is not so true anymore.
- minsc_and_boo 3y agoCloud really does make most computing power fungible.
- rolldat777 3y agoThis replacement schedule is what's creating the fungibility of the cloud.
- NavinF 3y ago3 years used to be the industry standard. Electricity costs are way larger than the cost of replacing servers