All setup, the London site looked like this. Count the servers, all this work for just 11 boxes and two routers!https://www.flickr.com/photos/colmmacc/459707336/in/album-72157600078333497/ …
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That truck worth of servers that took months of negotiation and logistics? Trucks like that pull up to AWS every day! You can even order a SnowMobile truck of ours to pull up to your own site and then come to us. It's mind-blowing.
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One of my favorite parts of my job is that I go to SFBA every month or two and talk with several startup customers. It's so fun to meet people who don't know any other way; who never had to do it the burdensome way. That is very very satisfying! /End-of-thread or AMA.
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It wasn't just the build out at Joost which was problematic! Remember when October 2007, after we launched, and hit capacity problems,
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@antiphase brought back the servers, we discovered many were rusty and failing after just 2 years use due to lack of effective humidity control in the facility - 15 more replies
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And you can change your mind thirty seconds later, and just... turn it all off. "Oops. No big deal."
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