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Re:The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movem... by charcircuit on Thursday August 03, 2023 @11:52AM (#36987559)
If you want to be able to instantly spin up servers collocated you just need to have spare capacity. There is nothing that restricts you from delaying expanding your capacity until you need it. That is what slows you down.
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Re:The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movem... by theshrike79 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:20PM (#36990474)
Try going "Hey boss, I need 20k for some servers I'm just going to let sit in their shipping boxes in case we need them later." (or you can install them but not use them for anything).

Come tell me how it went =)

I've yet to see a manager who wants to spend money up front for stuff they might possibly need in the future. YMMV

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Re:The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movem... by charcircuit on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:31PM (#36992965)
Capacity planning is the process in which you estimate how many servers you are going to need. If you overestimate it just means there is extra time before you will need more servers.

You would be spending that 20k regardless assuming the company is growing.

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