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Netflix to Shut Down Last Datacenter

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Re: Netflix to Shut Down Last Datacenter

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Post by joshmn »

orbitur wrote: post #2

This is 3rd article this week I've been blocked from reading. How are people continually reading and upvoting these links? Is everyone a subscriber? Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/FGY1lSv.png

Here you go :) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...

Re: Netflix to Shut Down Last Datacenter

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Post by function_seven »

> But many companies still run sensitive software in their data centers or in private clouds, in which a company has dedicated cloud resources from a third-party or within its own premises.

(Emphasis mine)

Ok, honest question: If I have a "private cloud" on my own premises, how is that not a data center?

Re: Netflix to Shut Down Last Datacenter

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Post by m_mueller »

orbitur wrote: post #2

This is 3rd article this week I've been blocked from reading. How are people continually reading and upvoting these links? Is everyone a subscriber? Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/FGY1lSv.png

For me it didn't even load the ad, I just saw the "log in" at the bottom and a blank page. "who needs an article when you can have a headline?"

Re: Netflix to Shut Down Last Datacenter

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Post by JoshTriplett »

function_seven wrote: post #4

> But many companies still run sensitive software in their data centers or in private clouds , in which a company has dedicated cloud resources from a third-party or within its own premises . (Emphasis mine) Ok, honest question: If I have a "private cloud" on my own premises, how is that not a data center?

> If I have a "private cloud" on my own premises, how is that not a data center?

It is, but "private cloud" on top of that implies a lot more about how you run that datacenter: using virtual machines, abstracting hardware, using APIs to manage servers and storage (ideally the same APIs that would let you just as easily run on someone else's cloud infrastructure), and otherwise trying to minimize your reliance on any particular piece of hardware.

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Post by agentsmith »

tedunangst wrote: post #6
orbitur wrote: post #2

This is 3rd article this week I've been blocked from reading. How are people continually reading and upvoting these links? Is everyone a subscriber? Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/FGY1lSv.png

I'm supposed to read the article before up voting?

hahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!

Re: Netflix to Shut Down Last Datacenter

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Post by anotherangrydev »

Do you think they have a special deal w/ Amazon? Otherwise I imagine that's a really expensive bill.

Do you think they're doing it because its cheaper when you account for things at a larger scale? Like, reduced liabilities, payrolls, CapEx, whatever? Or is it more expensive but still "easier" and they go with it?

I really REALLY would like to hear everything from everyone about this, because right now I'm facing that decision for my company. I'm not as big as Netflix obv, but it is a big deal for me. It is really attractive to have all the scale you need at will and forget about maintenance at all; even if it is more expensive I would gladly pay as much as double my operating costs if I can rest easily at night. I would even eat as much as 10%-20% of my profits if I don't have to deal with that.

But the devil is in the details, I think is relatively easier to go full-cloud than to later find out it was a mistake and try to migrate back to your private premises. So, what could be the downsides of going full-cloud just as Netflix did? Also, taking into account that I'm not a personal friend of Bezos neither another Netflix, I would be just another smallish guy and I'm pretty sure that won't get me all the perks that come with the former.

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