> having physical hardware means you need a team who knows how to rack/provision/configure/update hardware
Not with a colo. They all have that as a service. If by provision you mean installing an OS via PXE or the like, then no, but everything else, yes.
> along with administrating operating systems and everything that comes with along with the automation needed to hold everything together.
If you have a team managing Terraform for cloud infra, congratulations – you have a team who can manage physical infra. Seriously, it’s the same tooling. Pick your favorite configuration management tool (Ansible, Chef, Puppet…) and you’re off to the races.
Not with a colo. They all have that as a service. If by provision you mean installing an OS via PXE or the like, then no, but everything else, yes.
> along with administrating operating systems and everything that comes with along with the automation needed to hold everything together.
If you have a team managing Terraform for cloud infra, congratulations – you have a team who can manage physical infra. Seriously, it’s the same tooling. Pick your favorite configuration management tool (Ansible, Chef, Puppet…) and you’re off to the races.