Thank you Sven. I didn't know about this alternative. I guess it's worth using it if your horizontal scale is relevant, or if there is a particular set of use cases (high I/O, low cpu?).
Regards! El Fri Nov 14 2014 at 11:31:27 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected]> escribió: > > > On 14 Nov 2014, at 15:17, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > What are the benefits of running a Pharo server in the cloud on ARM > architecture? > > Basically there are two server schools: the classic old school is only > interested in raw performance at any cost, a newer, alternative school > thinks that cheaper, massive parallel and more efficient (performance per > watt) CPUs can have advantages. This of course assumes the workload scales > horizontally, like in web applications and services. > > Here is the article where I learned about the Online Labs initiative: > > http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/13/online-labs-designed-its- > own-arm-servers-to-take-on-aws-digitalocean/ > > http://armservers.com > >
