On 04/04/2012 02:39 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Leland Jackson<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Also, if all activity in the cloud is local, it can exist totally within >> a local network, safe and secure behind a firewall, but if users must >> access it remotely, the in house cloud can still be redundant, safe, and >> secure. > ---------------------- > > Cloud != " but if users must access it remotely," > > The cloud allows you to scale quickly and easily as needed and then > back down to reduce costs. > > Once you own the machines your in it 100%. There is no savings of cost. > > What do you think the cloud is? > >
Aside from paying for the computer hardware as a service; rather than owning it yourself, the cloud is really just a wrapper around what already exits within the underlying OS in which the cloud exists. All the tool are already there to create VMs, database servers, email servers, backup and restore services, office suites, web servers, VPN connects, ftp servers, etc. To use an annalogy, its like using a framework to create a VFP applicatgion, rather than using the tools that come with VFP directly. LOL Why would I want to use the cloud to backup my data, for example, when it is so much faster, convenient, and safer to do it using the tools that come with LInux within the local network. For example, I can create a backup directory in one of the Linux boxes in the local network, and allow other Linux computers on the network to mount the drive using NFS. The mounted drive then appears as a directory within the file tree of the local computers and is available for backup at speed reaching 1000 mbs from the LAN, as opposed to backing up across the internet at speed between 3 to 10 megs per second with many more errors depending on the weather conditions and other interference/ downtime/lost connects, etc. Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
