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Re:Cloud VM benchmarks 2026: performance/price for 44 VM typ... by sroussey on Sunday March 08, 2026 @12:59AM (#47294916)
I dunno… for setup, yes absolutely. One time cost in time. After that, not really.
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Re:Cloud VM benchmarks 2026: performance/price for 44 VM typ... by NERD_ALERT on Sunday March 08, 2026 @10:39AM (#47297709)
It’s absolutely not a one time cost. Once you have it you need to hire people full time to maintain it and eventually upgrade it. Hardware fails constantly
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Re:Cloud VM benchmarks 2026: performance/price for 44 VM typ... by sroussey on Sunday March 08, 2026 @06:15PM (#47302178)
I've done this for decades with a full rack. Stuff fails on occasion. So what?
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