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Re:Available on Google Cloud: Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory by Dylan16807 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:47PM (#18349544)
> too bad you got downvoted

It's pretty weird to call out people for making 'pet' servers because they're daring to attach storage to them.

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Re:Available on Google Cloud: Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory by rebelde on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @08:19PM (#18350413)
His native language isn't English, and people probably misunderstood his literally-translated idiom. Pet servers?
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Re:Available on Google Cloud: Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory by sciurus on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @08:50PM (#18350580)
Pet's vs cattle is an analogy that originated with English-speakers.

http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/the-history-of-...

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