Worrying about whether your web or app servers need or should use cloud architecture belies the much, much bigger consideration of how and where to store your d

Worrying about whether your web or app servers need or should use cloud architecture belies the much, much bigger consideration of how and where to store your data. Specifically, the economics of getting that data out of where you decide to put it first. Everything follows that decision. Want to run bare metal? OK, guess you're running your databases on bare metal. Do you have the DBA skills to do so? I would wager that an astounding number of founders who find themselves intrigued by the low cost of bare metal do not, in fact, have the necessary DBA skills. They just roll the dice on yet another risk in an already highly risky venture.