I read a few things about this on the web, and i still don't get the difference between cloud computing and grid computing... It looks like the same.
Nikolas On Jan 2, 2008 3:46 AM, PatrickMinnesota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 1, 7:12 pm, Neil Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cloud computing is mostly about scalability. You do not need to be > > concerned so much about low level infrastructure details such as > > purchasing servers, configuring and maintaining them, hiring space in > > data centres, linking up data centres, etc. It converts a lot of fixed > > costs into lower recurring costs so makes it easier for a start up with > > limited capital to start operating. > > > > There are Python libraries for accessing some of the cloud computing > > services and you can also host Python application code on some services > > that allow code execution. This includes services that can run arbitrary > > code on virtual machines such as EC2 and more restricted computational > > services like Hadoop which can run Jython. > > > > Neil > > I would say that cloud computing to an implementor or company > providing cloud > computing is all about scalability and stuff like S3 and EC3. There > are > other options for this BTW. > > But to the end user, it's about having your data and applications on a > disk > served by a network and server that is somewhere out there on the net > and > accessible from anywhere that you have connectivity. You might travel > with > a laptop, but generally, when in Hong Kong, you'll be screwed if a > chunk of > data is sitting on a disk inside a desktop in your home office and > isn't on > your laptop. With the 'cloud' concept, it wouldn't matter where you > are, > as long as you have a connection to the internet, you can run the apps > and > access the data. > > Issues: and yes, they are big, who has control over the data, is it > being > backed up and protected, and is your private data being mined without > your approval. Oh, > and what happens if you use Zoho's system and they go out of > business? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Nikolas Karalis Applied Mathematics and Physics Undergraduate National Technical University of Athens, Greece http://users.ntua.gr/ge04042
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