On 09/16/2011 07:35 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Sep 16, 2011, at 4:05 AM, Allen wrote: > >> Can this also mean on your own server and not giving up data to the likes of >> google? > Of course - that's one of the main goals of OpenStack: a free and open > cloud solution that anyone can deploy on their own hardware. Fear of lock-in > is probably the biggest barrier to companies adopting cloud strategies now. > > You certainly can't run it on your own "server" (singular) - the > "cloudiness" means that you don't have a single point of failure, so you'd > need several servers in order to get any sort of benefit. Which means you > need a server room at a minimum, or a small data center. And that means > making sure you have redundant, filtered power, sufficient cooling, redundant > network connectivity, replacement parts, hardware monitoring, etc. And that's > why many companies prefer to outsource the handling of those physical servers > to companies such as Rackspace. You can either use our public cloud, or, if > you don't need that sort of scalability, or have concerns, as you seem to, > about your data's security, you can choose to have a set of servers dedicated > to you with OpenStack running on them - what we call "private cloud". Either > way, you can focus on your business rather than running your own data center.
One probable drawback of going with a Microsoft private cloud is Microsoft's historical lack of adherence to standards. For example, I noticed that Mediatomb, an open source media server, worked with PS3, but Microsoft Xbox 360 was not listed as a supported device. Mediatomb was built to connect to any device that adheres to the UPnP standards, which PS3 does, but which Microsoft's Xbox 360 does not. Therefore, it would cost the open source developers of Mediatomb extra time, energy, and money to add the support/hacks needed to work with Xbox 360. If Microsoft's private cloud is proprietary, which I'm sure it is, anyone going with it would not later be able to move their cloud to a third party cloud built to the Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) standard, thus they would be forever locked into Microsoft's cloud. http://www.opencloudinitiative.org/press/releases/2011/launch Regards, LelandJ > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com 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/4e736eeb.4020...@mail.smvfp.com ** 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.
