How many concurrent users can you run off a single NVMe SSD?
How many students leave their coursework to the last minute?
How do you explain that the server went down during the last hour before submission deadline again, and that everyone gets an extension again, because you cheaped out on putting the cheapest possible storage into a system that has to cope with large demand at peak times?
How many students now start to do worse because of the anxiety caused by these repeated outages?
How much more needs to be invested in the university counselling services to account for this uptick in students struggling?
How many students leave their coursework to the last minute?
How do you explain that the server went down during the last hour before submission deadline again, and that everyone gets an extension again, because you cheaped out on putting the cheapest possible storage into a system that has to cope with large demand at peak times?
How many students now start to do worse because of the anxiety caused by these repeated outages?
How much more needs to be invested in the university counselling services to account for this uptick in students struggling?