Hi, No you can't do everything the 'cloud offer' with a good GNU/Linux server. As I said earlier, at the very least, to match the 'cloud' concept, you need to give high-availability services...
To match a 'cloud' service (lets say Amazon)/to build your own private cloud, you will need: 2 GNU/Linux servers (redundancy, against hw crash), shared storage between those 2 servers (SAN + fiberswitchs would be the standard, aoe could be done [but then so much for security]), ethernet switches that support network bonding (don't want your system running on only one link), at the very least 2 upstream provider (bgp enabled routers) and then a backup system. This is only on the infrastructure side, I'm not speaking about the user-friendlyness of the system (if you want a mere tech to be able to monitor/maintain/create new systems/environments)... If your company is able to afford all that (servers, networking, storage, backup & the competency of the sysadmin), then, it should already be doing it. If it can't - think about why. I am aware that I'm pushing a bit, there is some kind of work load that are not really at advantage in a virt. environment, but those are the exception rather than the norm. P. -- Pascal Charest, skype: pascal.charest Cutting-edge technology consultant @ Les Laboratoires Phoenix http://www.labsphoenix.com On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:54 PM, spam spammer <[email protected]>wrote: > "To me 'the cloud' is a "gimmick", as someone wrote, just something to get > companies to spend more for something they just don't really need..." > "Get a good Linux server (my preference is ClearOS for this type of > application) and you can do everything 'the cloud' can do with no monthly > fees..." > > Precisely! > However, not to put down the self-taught people of which I am one, but > sys-admin, I for one, am not... It's a whole different ball of wax. > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > >
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