Re:Ask HN: How to challenge trends without appearing like a ...
by mmt on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @01:39PM
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That example corresponds to $49k monthly, which, among "Silicon Valley" tech companies is, apparently, not a huge amount.
To be fair, the machines you specify are pretty tiny and would easily fit into a half-U enclosure. Even assuming only 36U usable (after network, power, etc) per rack, those thousand would fit in 14 racks, a very small fraction of a whole datacenter.
(I did see the e-mail.. I think I have HN emails explicitly bypass spam. I'll check out your site and reply privately later today)
To be fair, the machines you specify are pretty tiny and would easily fit into a half-U enclosure. Even assuming only 36U usable (after network, power, etc) per rack, those thousand would fit in 14 racks, a very small fraction of a whole datacenter.
(I did see the e-mail.. I think I have HN emails explicitly bypass spam. I'll check out your site and reply privately later today)