> realizing that much or even most of what is in "commodity hardware" is there to serve uses cases that cloud providers don't have.
Why wouldn't they have?
E.g.
> Why do servers have redundant power supplies?
So if you lose power you don't lose the whole server? It's even more important for cloud providers that have huge servers with high density. You connect the different power supplies each to an independent power feed so 1 can go down. Would you rather have 2x the capacity instead?
Why wouldn't they have?
E.g.
> Why do servers have redundant power supplies?
So if you lose power you don't lose the whole server? It's even more important for cloud providers that have huge servers with high density. You connect the different power supplies each to an independent power feed so 1 can go down. Would you rather have 2x the capacity instead?