>> Let's say you have an instance running with a webserver for your >> application, and you're getting more and more hits as your app gets popular. >> You could issue commands using the OpenStack API to clone that server how >> ever many times as you want, and add them to a load balancer: instant >> scaling! You could have a script that checks the load on your app, and >> programmatically spin up more servers when the load increases, or delete >> some instances (so you don't have to pay for them) as the load decreases. >> That's what cloud computing brings to the game, whether you use an open or a >> closed provider.
I saw the Microsoft product for this last year at a Code Camp. I can't recall the name of it but it was pretty slick. They stressed that part about scaling at appropriate times and scaling back so you were not paying for what you didn't need. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ 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.
