<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Edward Capriolo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edlinuxguru@gmail.com" target="_blank">edlinuxguru@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I think the 'cloud' most people use (AWS) is the most ironic technology ever. It using xen and virtualisation, but you still pay for servers as if they are a physical thing on a rack. M1.xl is X cents on hour even if it is idling. With AWS you give up 'server hugging' for 'XEN server hugging' .
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<br></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>An idling server is still burning dinosaurs, holding an IP address, and using storage.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, for small organizations, cloud is a godsend. If you _don't_ have a competent, professional sysadmin on staff or retainer, and a budget for a proper datacenter, then it's less risky to hand over your systems to someone who does. Think about all the un-patched, misconfigured Small Business Servers that disappear from the internet every day thanks to <a href="http://outlook.com">outlook.com</a>. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Commodity computing is like commodity anything else. It's not as good as bespoke, but it's easier and safer than DIY.</div></div></div></div>