Comments on: Cloud computing and you…. http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2009/07/15/cloud-computing-and-you/ Audentes Fortuna Juvat Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:29:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2009/07/15/cloud-computing-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Tim Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:06:26 +0000 http://www.cmdrfenix.org/?p=334#comment-135 I think an interesting nook is the niche Sun has hit, universities and megacorps (dow, pfiezer, etc) that need to crunch a few skazillion numbers, need to do it in less then a week, and dont have the cash to buy a cray. Its more of a "push some math" service then a "host your goodies" service, though I think they certainly have gained the expertise to host a "host your goodies" service at some point. I agree totally that this all needs to mature. At the moment, I'd be scared shiftless of a "host your goodies" service that didnt include some form of on-site "offline" version that could be referenced locally in the event of an upstream outage or whatever. *shrugs* we'll see what the landscape looks like in a few years I suppose. I think an interesting nook is the niche Sun has hit, universities and megacorps (dow, pfiezer, etc) that need to crunch a few skazillion numbers, need to do it in less then a week, and dont have the cash to buy a cray. Its more of a “push some math” service then a “host your goodies” service, though I think they certainly have gained the expertise to host a “host your goodies” service at some point.

I agree totally that this all needs to mature. At the moment, I’d be scared shiftless of a “host your goodies” service that didnt include some form of on-site “offline” version that could be referenced locally in the event of an upstream outage or whatever.

*shrugs* we’ll see what the landscape looks like in a few years I suppose.

]]> By: CmdrFenix http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2009/07/15/cloud-computing-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-134 CmdrFenix Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:42:23 +0000 http://www.cmdrfenix.org/?p=334#comment-134 I didn't include Sun's offering in my listing for a few reasons: - They can only run apps that'll run on Solaris 10, which is few and far between. Maybe some proprietary CRM / Line of business app like NxTrend. - They have a 10 gig limit on your app. - Their CPU based billing is interesting, but the limited number of apps you can run here is what kills it for most people. I am not saying Sun isn't cool. They've had some cool stuff, but they're "cloud" offering isn't what I see people really wanting. There is no big push for Solaris adoption right now. Now virtual machine based cloud computing *is* the future IMHO. Right now it's just cost prohibitive for SMBs unless their app needs a large number of resources. Not to mention, like I said, the technology needs to mature. 6 hrs of downtime with absolutely nothing you can do about it? I didn’t include Sun’s offering in my listing for a few reasons:

- They can only run apps that’ll run on Solaris 10, which is few and far between. Maybe some proprietary CRM / Line of business app like NxTrend.
- They have a 10 gig limit on your app.
- Their CPU based billing is interesting, but the limited number of apps you can run here is what kills it for most people.

I am not saying Sun isn’t cool. They’ve had some cool stuff, but they’re “cloud” offering isn’t what I see people really wanting. There is no big push for Solaris adoption right now.

Now virtual machine based cloud computing *is* the future IMHO. Right now it’s just cost prohibitive for SMBs unless their app needs a large number of resources. Not to mention, like I said, the technology needs to mature. 6 hrs of downtime with absolutely nothing you can do about it?

]]> By: Tim http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2009/07/15/cloud-computing-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Tim Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:02:35 +0000 http://www.cmdrfenix.org/?p=334#comment-133 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_grid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_grid

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