Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoThis one goes out to the sysadmins in the crowd.dubvee.orgimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1973arrow-down120
arrow-up1953arrow-down1imageThis one goes out to the sysadmins in the crowd.dubvee.orgAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.org to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-square1984linkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI mean, I would put brilliant in quotes in the way that it’s brilliant for their profits. Not brilliant in the way of making the world a better place.
minus-squareOderus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoCompanies hate OpEx and love CapEx. That’s the main driver as companies loathe hardware life cycle costs and prefer a pay as you go model. It is more expensive but it’s more budget friendly as you avoid sticker shock every 3-4 years.
minus-squarecoloredgrayscale@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThere’s more than just hardware and power cost to servers. Primarily cost of employees taking care of the servers.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoReplacing hardware only every 6 to 8 years, makes it better.
I mean, I would put brilliant in quotes in the way that it’s brilliant for their profits. Not brilliant in the way of making the world a better place.
Companies hate OpEx and love CapEx. That’s the main driver as companies loathe hardware life cycle costs and prefer a pay as you go model. It is more expensive but it’s more budget friendly as you avoid sticker shock every 3-4 years.
There’s more than just hardware and power cost to servers.
Primarily cost of employees taking care of the servers.
Replacing hardware only every 6 to 8 years, makes it better.