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well, it's actually a very easy thing to quantify, but the cost/benefit analysis is different for every kind of company and computing requirement - the REAL pr
by beachstartup 13y ago
well, it's actually a very easy thing to quantify, but the cost/benefit analysis is different for every kind of company and computing requirement -
the REAL problem is it takes experience in running your own datacenter or at least colocated hardware to perform this analysis, and almost nobody does this because they all work for large internal IT orgs or the cloud providers themselves.
- bsenftner 13y agoYou'd be surprized how fast that experience is gained. Try putting a server in colo and you'll be surprised. There is nothing to it. NOTHING. Don't buy the hype. Try it and see for yourself.
- beachstartup 13y ago1 or 2 is easy, but that's the sweet spot for cloud services. a half cabinet + sufficient power and smart power distribution + real networking + remote hardware level access + backup is where it starts to get complicated, but profitable.