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0 pointsDaviey2y ago0 comments

It's essentially a PXE-boot diskless environment, what makes you think it is unusual and possibility of being unreliable?

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Brian_K_White2y ago

What important things do you store only in ram? Why not? Isn't it reliable?

I think they just mean ephemeral.

panick21_2y ago

What is unusual is the firmware that they have.

dangus2y ago

I should say, unsuitable for certain use cases.

johnklos2y ago

I have servers which have literally been running non-stop for multiple years. Unless / until the kernel itself needs to be upgraded for security issues, and so long as backup power is good, they can run indefinitely.

justapassenger2y ago

Not a best setup to run database, yes. But stateless farm of servers that essentially forward the traffic for you? Not that much downsides.

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