Is a billion dollars worth of server lying on the ground?

Re:Is a billion dollars worth of server lying on the ground? by bluedino on Monday November 02, 2020 @07:16PM (#24974977)

When you look at something like how Stack Exchange moved physical servers to a new datacenter, you can see where AWS benefits you.

Not all startups have the server and networking know-how to pull that kind of stuff off, or even set it up in the first place.

https://blog.serverfault.com/2015/03/05/how-we-upgrade-a-liv...

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Re:Is a billion dollars worth of server lying on the ground? by throwaway2048 on Monday November 02, 2020 @07:27PM (#24975043)

Its not like AWS services themselves require zero knowledge in their use (especially if you dont wanna be billed massive amounts)

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Re:Is a billion dollars worth of server lying on the ground? by dx034 on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @03:56AM (#24977778)

That's the nice thing about Hetzner, OVH and Co. You don't need Colocation but can instead rent servers monthly. That way you never have to bother with physical hardware, the knowledge needed is purely on the software side.

I also think colocation or own datacenters are a poor fit for most. But dedicated servers are underrated. They can be offered much cheaper as it's simply renting standard hardware and you don't need any of the expertise or size you'd need for colocation.

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Re:Is a billion dollars worth of server lying on the ground? by m4rtink on Monday November 02, 2020 @07:35PM (#24975093)

Fedora just did it for all the infrastructure servers this summer:

https://hackmd.io/@fedorainfra2020/Sybp76XvL

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