On May 20, 2010, at 11:19 PM, Bill Arnold wrote:
> But I wonder how many devils are in the details. Would a scenario be like
> this:
>
> - my customer decides to go with cloud computing, and signs up for a
> RackSpace account (some sort of trial or starter system, presumably cheap)
>
> - To setup the customer, RackSpace configures 'x' number of virtual Windows
> machines for the customer, one for each authorized login
> (machine/device/person) that will be logging in (each having his/her own
> desktop and applications available and running). Some or all of these
> machines are always running (swapped out) on the server, waiting for
> customer/users/other connections to login (so new logins don't have to boot
> the machine).
Here's where your assumptions are off. Rackspace wouldn't do any of
that; instead, you or your customer would. Creating a new server is a simple
matter of a couple of clicks, and takes only a couple of minutes to be up and
running.
Once it's ready, it's just like any other server you would have on your
network. You connect to it via Remote Desktop, and add as many logins as you
like. You can also install whatever software you like - it's your server. You
get a fixed public IP address as well as a local net IP, so you could configure
it as an IIS server for your public website, or you could install SQL Server
and make it only accessible via the localnet IP to your other servers. IOW,
it's just as if you purchased the servers and installed them in a room in your
office (except you don't have to buy, install, maintain, connect or recycle
them!).
-- Ed Leafe
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