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by tm11zz 231 days ago
> We run a fuzzing fleet of 1,000 dedicated CPU cores 24/7.

that a lot

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Assuming they're being economical (and considering the level of thinking TigerBeetle seems to put into stuff - they probably are) this might be only a few beefy physical servers.

For them it seems safety and QA is a large part of the sales pitch, so that seems worth it.

Thanks! It's around 21 boxes, 48 cores each [1], and in Finland so there's natural efficient cooling.

Fun fact, Hetzner were surprised at the size of the order, and sent us an email to confirm. ;P

[1] https://x.com/TigerBeetleDB/status/1841089728935821674/quote...

The principle of crashing on application violation makes it worth it I’d guess