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Re:We migrated our PostgreSQL database with 11 seconds downtime by 15457345234 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @10:06PM (#39051135)
> is hiring experts

'moving to AWS' (or any cloud provider) is not 'hiring experts' it's just outsourcing the risk to an entity that you, in the event of a genuine crisis, have no leverage over beyond 'we're going to stop paying you (once we migrate away from you which will take ten years)'

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Re:We migrated our PostgreSQL database with 11 seconds downtime by 0xbadcafebee on Friday January 19, 2024 @01:47AM (#39052316)
AWS are not experts at providing computing services? Holy cow. This is news to me! I thought they were the most popular and highly regarded computing infrastructure and PaaS company in the world, managing both hardware and software and providing subject matter experts to work with customers on architecture and implementation, along with official partners and a marketplace of turn-key products.

Boy, am I embarrassed! I need to start building my own datacenter right away, all my shit is on AWS!!!

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Re:We migrated our PostgreSQL database with 11 seconds downtime by rcxdude on Friday January 19, 2024 @05:03AM (#39053652)
They may be experts, but you sure aren't hiring them. You are renting something from them.
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