infrasturctures
I’m been wondering what’s running behind the scenes. I see system admins talking about prices from time to time, so I take notes.
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Case: linux mirror (Jan. 2025)
https://social.kernel.org/notice/AqmnBVqyAncjoVhdNw
mirrors.kernel.org transfers ~1PiB of data weekly. At Equinix Metal’s list price of $0.05 per GB, it would cost us roughly $200, 000 a month to operate these systems
Case: freedesktop’s gitlab servers (Jan. 2025)
A very insightful post from FDO’s system admin.