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Playing a devil's advocate here: a use case might already be hitting the maximum per server RAM.

A factor of 2.4 might mean 2.4 times more hardware. You might need 240 servers instead of 100.



Sure. And? Everything that you need to do to manage 240 servers, you need to do to manage 100 servers. Like I said, if you're in the scaling stage then you'll be getting to 240 in a few months either way, so you need to be ready for it. 2.4x higher operating expenses matter eventually, when you're a mature organisation, but if the software is under active development you almost certainly have higher priorities.




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