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   Jake (formerly sjw) :lain_sneed: (j@bae.st)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 03:37:04 JST Jake (formerly sjw) :lain_sneed:
   Admins wonder if the cloud was such a good idea after all
   
   As AWS, Microsoft, and Google hike some prices, it's time to open up the ROI calculator
   
   https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/04/cloud_buyers_regret/
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 03:37:03 JST 翠星石

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     @j >Companies don't realize that VM's only make sense for short term hosting and it always costs less to buy and host your own server long term, even with colocation.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 03:39:50 JST 翠星石

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     @j Also, only 5TB data transfer?
     
     It's incredibly easy to double or triple that even on a slow connection.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 15:33:19 JST 翠星石

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     • LisPi
     @lispi314 Clearly I was referring to off site VM's, not VMs that are running on your server.
     
     When it comes to privilege separation & isolation, I am doubtful if VM's are actually that good considering how complicated hypervisors are and how many escapes have been found. Things like SELinux seem to be less complicated and tends to spam hard to syslog if someone is trying to bypass it.
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     LisPi (lispi314@udongein.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 15:33:21 JST LisPi

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     @Suiseiseki @j No, VMs still make sense for on-site hosting.
     
     Current OSes are garbage at privilege separation & isolation, so VMs are necessary for that at minimum.