I think the 3 fundamental problems with the Cloud are: 1. We don't control the CODE (service provider-owned apps might be sharing our data), 2. We don't control the INFRASTRUCTURE (admins have access to our data), 3. We don't control the AVAILABILITY (we might get cut off).
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Why colo? Modern business or even residential fiber has more bw than the vast majority of servers need to host on-site without being affected by #1 & #2.
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What keeps ppl from doing this is the lack of well-known trusted software to set it up and maintain it without trusting a third party (or additional employee(s)) with access.
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I can't speak for others but what's stopped me from doing this at my org is that building a proper data center - security, power, climate, fire suppression, etc. - and doing it right, is an expensive proposition
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A normal org can run all its infrastructure on one modest physical box. No special power or climate needs.
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While you're correct about the small amount of hardware needed, I disagree about the power requirements. Unless you're comfortable w/downtime independent, redundant power systems are a necessity. So at the very least mains backed up by a diesel generator w/auto switching
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Or just a standard UPS with 10 car batteries wired up in parallel in place of the low-capaciy SLAs it came with.
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This used to be the standard approach in India; not sure if it's still that way.
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That is an approach, but even that requires space and storage consideration. Automotive battery acid can be nasty stuff and requires care when handling.
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May not be such a crazy idea. What’s the combined idle CPU/GPU time of all the portable devices people have paid so much for? De-centralized, distributed would be so possible right now, but for the closed infrastructures.
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