cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1072033
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24 daysCareful, you go to buy some server space and end up buying some toilet cleaner and a chainsaw in the same trip.
- VibeSurgeon@piefed.socialEnglish24 days
The middle racks host weird temporary services while the side racks host the regularly stocked services
It’s Stackit btw. It’s pretty confusing people still call it Lidl cloud. That was their first name, but it seemed to be bad branding since people couldn’t differenciate the two parts of the lidl company. So it rebranded
- magikmw@piefed.socialEnglish24 days
You mean like they can’t differentiate between the online bookstore and AWS? :)
- rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish24 days
I guess it’s not fundamentally different from a book shop becoming a cloud computing giant … but man, “Lidl cloud” doesn’t exactly scream “quality product”, y’know?
There is no “Lidl cloud”, that’s just the usual braindead framing.
The Schwarz Group is the 4th biggest retailer by revenue globally, so having their own subsidiaries for waste management and recycling and for IT infrastructure is just natural.
And yes, that’s how AWS happened, too. In-house IT infrastructure to support your retail operations is just more efficient thus cheaper in the long run.
- 24 days
TIL they also run Kaufland, and now I no longer wonder why they are asking the top retailers!
- 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish24 days
As a dude working in an IT team for a retail related business, yep, that was our management’s thinking too.
Outsourcing the IT from a different company was both more expensive AND terrible quality.
- Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish24 days
It should be called Lidl Cloud because not being little is the simple irony I need in these times.
- huppakee@piefed.socialEnglish24 days
Considering the amount of money they’re making, i’d argue their business model itself is actually a quality product.
- rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish24 days
That’s not exactly what you’d look for as a customer.
Though TBF, German discount supermarkets generally have good price-performance, I buy cheap store brands all the time, too.
- twinnie@feddit.ukEnglish24 days
I’m more of an Aldi guy but I’ll give Lidl a go. Here’s the link to the cloud company for those interested:
- CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish24 days
Well, it‘s the biggest German cloud provider. Possibly even the biggest in Europe.
- qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish23 days
It wasn’t cheap last time I checked, the smallest database option costs more than €100/month. This while Azure has a €12/month postgres offering with seemingly similarish specs.
- frischkaesbagett@feddit.orgEnglish24 days
Dieter Schwarz as of 2025, has the highest net worth in Germany.
- Doomsider@lemmy.worldEnglish24 days
Great job moving away from the US but considering that Germany supplies 30% of Israeli arms it is still a very poor choice.
Every country should develop and deploy this architecture themselves.
- simomat@feddit.orgEnglish24 days
What is the connection between Lidl and the authorities that export weapons? Except that they are… German.
- Doomsider@lemmy.worldEnglish24 days
Give me a break, the same connection US companies have to the US. Just because you can ignore genocide enablers does not mean anyone else can. Germany, the UK, and the USA should all take a hike straight to hell. They are not to be trusted.
