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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by themerone on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @12:15PM (#31990137)
My company built a data center that was supposed to lead us into the future, and it started running out of capacity within a few years.

The cloud is the only reasonable way to keep up with exploding compute demands.

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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by abirch on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @04:28PM (#31993287)
Exactly, they literally design their own hardware. To me it's like trying to roll your own word processor. You can but unless it's core to your business, it's cheaper to buy.
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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by kragen on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:14PM (#31995309)
I feel like I could probably roll my own word processor this weekend.
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Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes by rendang on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @04:35PM (#31993364)
This seems to imply that if processing loads for a given line of business start to level off, it may lead some to move away from the cloud.
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