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Re:AMD EPYC 9004 Genoa Under-the-Lid – ServeTheHome by gary_0 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:56PM (#34885244)
> putting the entire company on 1 socket

What about availability? Do you mean 1 socket, plus a hot backup in a separate location in case of hardware failure or some catastrophe?

IIRC, Hacker News runs on 1 machine plus a hot backup.

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Re:AMD EPYC 9004 Genoa Under-the-Lid – ServeTheHome by justsomehnguy on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @02:42PM (#34885946)
Most of the time 'availability' means network connectivity. Most of the time you can throw resources in the processing.
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