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reliability != availability. I can build a business model around an unreliable, but available resource. I can't build a business model around an unavailable r
by tw04 12y ago
reliability != availability. I can build a business model around an unreliable, but available resource. I can't build a business model around an unavailable resource. They're two very different things, and the distinction is important.
- nl 12y agoThis basically for batch-processing. That means that the lack of availability isn't such an issue because this lets you trade speed-of-processing for cost. Say you have a few hundred terabytes of images to process. You can prioritize images by pushing them to the head of the queue, but you don't really care how long the complete batch takes. If you are happy to wait for your job to complete you pay less. Otherwise, pay more and guarantee completion.