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sofixa • today at 1:58 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

And when that box fails, you're looking at how long with no access? Longer than any AWS outage.

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throwway120385 • today at 7:00 PM

If you buy hardware from HID Global / Assa Abloy the box never breaks.

trinix912 • today at 2:55 PM

The IT guy walks in and replaces/restarts the box instead of waiting for the gods of AWS to descent to earth and restart theirs. They have direct control vs. waiting for something magic to happen.

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