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bob1029 20 hours ago [-]
> the sports entertainment company moved 12,000 virtual machines (VMs)
So, for each top golf location we have something like 120 VMs? That sounds suspiciously like exactly one per bay.
After a point it must be cheaper to bring in a AAA engineer and do this with 10-50x fewer machines. Poking VMs with the management stick doesn't fundamentally solve this IT scaling problem.
dcrazy 9 hours ago [-]
Given their proximity to chunks steel being flung around by newbies, I suspect the VM-per-bay solution is part of a thin client deployment that makes the customer-facing hardware as cheap and efficient to replace as possible.
486sx33 14 hours ago [-]
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accrual 21 hours ago [-]
Always enjoy reading a post-Broadcom migration story, congrats to Topgolf for making the move.
dcrazy 20 hours ago [-]
Unfortunately it’s a drop in the bucket compared to how much they’re losing on the actual business.
So, for each top golf location we have something like 120 VMs? That sounds suspiciously like exactly one per bay.
After a point it must be cheaper to bring in a AAA engineer and do this with 10-50x fewer machines. Poking VMs with the management stick doesn't fundamentally solve this IT scaling problem.