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by mystifyingpoi 270 days ago
What if I told you, that you don't need battery backups, that one ISP is enough, that you don't need 24/7 network team to plug a cable from your tower server to a router, in order to host a mid-size SAAS from the office tower server?

Get real guys.

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Get real guys.

I had a PHB who didn't like that our web site went offline for 30 seconds each week.

I explained to her that the alternative would require $200,000 and six new employees.

She hasn't brought it up since.

Very few web sites are "mission critical." Even Facebook could go offline for a few seconds a week and nobody would care or notice.

It’s not for me, but my paying customers. I guess I could ask them if they are ok if the service goes down when Florida has a hurricane