On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 5:29 AM, Edin Zulich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wes, > > If I may put in my 2c on this… First, I (and everybody I know) agree that we > should keep working on making Geode as easy to use as possible. And we are > trying. And we’ll keep on trying. > > Second, I also have to say that it will never be easy. And I think that it’s > OK, and even good to call that out in an engagement, the sooner the better… > Instead of trying to think how to “improve the presentation of EASY” (which I > think is misleading), say that it is not easy. Why? Because there is no easy > way to build high performance systems. That’s what it comes down to, and that > is one of the first things I say to anyone thinking about anything high > performance. Forget Geode; take any other in-memory data technology instead: > you’ll have sizing and performance challenges; the higher the performance, > the harder the challenges. > > Having a tool, such as a sizing spreadsheet, does not have to be misleading, > as long as it’s made clear that no tool can provide an exact answer, just > some kind of approximation. That is why “Sizing a Geode Cluster” talks about > the sizing process the way it does.
This will probably make a great ApacheCon EU talk. *nudge* (There will be a significant Big Data focus in Budapest.) Then, we'll have slides to post on the ApacheGeode slideshare account...and maybe videos too! =) Cheers. -- justin
