It depends how large you are. Managing physical boxes in a datacenter can be very expensive. Being able to virtualize on any platform is a good thing, as you ca

It depends how large you are. Managing physical boxes in a datacenter can be very expensive. Being able to virtualize on any platform is a good thing, as you can decide your own balance of costs between physical space, energy, network gear, network people, operations. These physical costs are often overlooked when you're talking about hardware. It takes a lot of $ to operate your own data center.