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Re:Command-line tools can be faster than a Hadoop cluster (2... by djmobley on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:47AM (#22190156)
Everything in one colo facility with no geographic redundancy?
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Re:Command-line tools can be faster than a Hadoop cluster (2... by qaq on Thursday January 30, 2020 @07:09AM (#22190787)
If you look beyond marketing a single top tier DC has better uptime than AWS AZ. You are way more likely to be bitten by AWS control layer issues than by DC in a good location dropping.
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Re:Command-line tools can be faster than a Hadoop cluster (2... by opless on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:59AM (#22190213)
Most use cases there is just no need.
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Re:Command-line tools can be faster than a Hadoop cluster (2... by krab on Thursday January 30, 2020 @06:44AM (#22190691)
Some colo companies, even the small ones, offer multiple datacenters. You then have to either use public IPs for the inter-service traffic, maintain a VPN or contract it from them.
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Re:Command-line tools can be faster than a Hadoop cluster (2... by pepemon on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:59AM (#22191704)
Your suggested solutions aren't reliable at all. AWS/GCP/Azure backbones work absolutely differently.
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