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AWS offers lambda functions, API gateways and similar stuff, so "semi-automated orchestration" is not around the corner, but is already there ready to use. You just need to "cook", the cloud provider will serve your dinner ;-)
Check for example here: https://aws.amazon.com/serverless/
Other providers offer similar stuff, with varying names.
I don't say that servers will be obsolete, this depends entirely on the use case, but cloud services (not as in server clouds) provide quite advanced alternatives.
Serverless is not the same thing as a fully managed. Fully managed costs way more.
It seems to me that you are still thinking about this from the perspective of servers. I guess there is still a whole new world to discover for you.
True. According to my calculations, it takes about 3 years just to break even on the server for the provider... let's not go into electricity, cooling, maintenance, etc.
Exactly, LET is the worst place to have these discussions as the client base is usually the ones the hosting company is making no money off of.
I buy non-sale servers regularly from a specific provider for my clients I came across here and even at those 'normal' prices it will take them 2yrs to break even on hardware costs. Tough.
The rising price of colocation and power will bring multi-core ARM to the party.
I'm not sure that's completely true. I am here because this is the most active and interesting place on the Web for hosting-related discussion and offers. That used to be WHT, but no more.
While I certainly take advantage of some LET deals for my backup and redundancy needs, I (and the businesses I consult for) are definitely not looking only for "low end" services. For production hosting needs, I'm looking for good value, which is frequently higher than the LET price. I'm sure I'm not alone.
In fact, I recall that in the past on one of your advertising offers here, someone complained about you listing links to servers on your site that were over the "LET price limit," whatever that was/is. I came to your defense, replying that your more expensive offers were relevant to me and that I was happy to learn about them. Of course rules are rules, and LET rules should be followed, but I think it's important for hosts like you to know that we aren't all looking just for $5/yr servers.
Thanks, I agree, but I specifically said usually. There are outliers, but the let crowd that reaches out to us is literally willing to do a full migration to save a buck. I don't blame them as it's the spirit of let, but I don't think it accurately represents the real hosting industry where people are spending hundreds for the same hardware that sells for one tenth the cost here.
Ah, hostdoc...
Francisco