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That may be true but the dozens of x86 servers are cheaper and easier to use.
by wmf 21d ago
That may be true but the dozens of x86 servers are cheaper and easier to use.
- bob1029 21d agoSometimes quality of service matters more than cost. If the consumer segment started to develop a sense that their payment cards were glitchy or unreliable, our economy could suffer real consequences. Error free, secure, instant payment experiences are essential. Go visit a local grocery store and measure how long it takes to authorize a transaction each time a card is presented to the terminal. Pay special attention to how fast the Visa and American Express networks are. At my local Kroger the terminal and network setup is so fast that you can use the chip reader almost like a mag stripe reader. https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.8236.html https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.rele...
- AdamN 21d agoNot totally - it's really nice when you don't have to worry about complex cluster scaling and it's all nice and vertical. Everything in those machines is also hot swappable so really the only downtime will be from an application defect or a catastrophic event (fire in the datacenter).
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