[153545] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Configuration Systems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri Jun 8 01:38:17 2012
To: Paul Graydon <paul@paulgraydon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:30:53 -1000."
<4FD139AD.2010505@paulgraydon.co.uk>
From: valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:37:06 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:30:53 -1000, Paul Graydon said:
> Your original definition: "cloud" == "you rented a colo, but have no
> clue where". I know exactly where my colo is. I know exactly where my
> physical servers are. If I run a private cloud on those servers and
> provision stuff there, I'll still know exactly where my colo is and I'll
> still know where my "cloud" infrastructure is deployed
I posit the thesis that if you know where it is, it's not really a cloud, it's
just a server farm with a severe attack of buzzwords. The whole point of
"cloud" is that you've made "where" Somebody Else's Problem - and if you know
where it is because you're still managing it yourself, it isn't an SEP.
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