Not the person you’re replying to, but here’s another way of thinking of it: A $1000 server can sit under my desk, no problem. The TCO comes down to the cost of my productivity with the AWS bill as a second order effect.
If the ops team can’t manage >>10 machines for the price of me managing one, there’s something horribly wrong.
They should just let the developer buy the $1000 machine if it will help productivity.
That doesn’t mean production should run on a pile of machines under someone’s desk. That’s a different scenario.
If the ops team can’t manage >>10 machines for the price of me managing one, there’s something horribly wrong.
They should just let the developer buy the $1000 machine if it will help productivity.
That doesn’t mean production should run on a pile of machines under someone’s desk. That’s a different scenario.