On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:00:54 -0800 Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Would everyone here be in favor of a dedicated server over a cloud > > > server from a host with good cloud infrastructure? The cloud > > > server concept is amazing but from what I'm reading a dedicated > > > server at the same price point far outperforms it. > > > > > > - Grant > > > > Last time I did the calculation, a dedicated or normal virtualized > > infrastructure was more cost effective as long as you could > > accurately predict the performance you need. > > > > Cloud services only really help if you need a high dynamic range > > regarding scale and performance, e.g. a service that could get a > > lot of new users very fast or is only really active for short time > > spans. > > Doesn't a good cloud server also have potentially higher availability > compared to dedicated? Potentially? Yes. In reality? No. It's not the virtualization that breaks, it's all the surrounding infrastructure, especially Layer 2. You will not believe how fragile that stuff can get. In the old days, a small slip up could isolate a small part of the network. These days, a small slip-up easily ripples though the entire network and takes down all of it, and sadly this is not rare. The networking needs of VMs are radically different from the traditional, and this is the side-effect: fragility. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
