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by plam503711 393 days ago
"forgettable infrastructure component": this is what runs their entire IT. We build both the hypervisor and the backup/orchestration for it. Our stack could kill their entire operations if it's down because $whatever. 4000 virtual machines running isn't just the print server or the coffee machine.
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Disposal8433 393 days ago
> 4000 virtual machines

At that point I would have created some scripts to randomly reboot or fuck with their VMs. How long will you accept this? They won't pay ever.

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threeseed 393 days ago
No they run their entire IT. Not you.

They can easily move to the hundreds of alternative platforms which do exactly the same thing.

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plam503711 393 days ago
I'm not sure you are aware about the cost of migrating from one virtualization platform to another, especially when you have 4000 VMs. I can tell you it's not exactly easy, and that's even our business now (migrating from VMware to our stack).

It's not like changing a light bulb.

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