are there fairly common on prem server solutions out there?
I've been thinking about this since aws and other cloud services are excellent for bootstrapping a small project or company, but it looks like it's not really a great long term solution. I agree with the sentiment here https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47e0 and was wondering what common server on prem solutions, especially for getting bandwidth, there may be, because apparently in the long run, that's considerably cheaper than using a cloud service
Why we're leaving the cloud
Basecamp has had one foot in the cloud for well over a decade, and HEY has been running there exclusively since it was launched two years ago. We've run extensively in both Amazon's cloud and Google's cloud. We've run on bare virtual machines, we've run on Kubernetes. We've seen all the cloud has to offer, and tried most of it. It's fi...
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Thanks for this great response! I suppose we'll see what happens if/when DHH actually goes through with this move. My understanding is that craigslist owns all of their servers but I'm not exactly sure how they handle all of the concerns you raised in either case. Also, seeing some companies like Facebook and Uber own their own data centers, I thought that this blog entry aligned with these facts
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