There’s a lot of confusion surrounding this elegant approach to marshaling remote computer resources. And, we do not wish to profit from the confusion created by the broad marketing of cloud computing to the public. So here we offer a definition of cloud computing that is easy to understand, accurate, and without marketing hype. 1. Cloud Computing Is Hardware As Software Let’s deal with the first part of our simplified definition of cloud computing – that “cloud computing is hardware as software.” Imagine that hardware resources, like memory and processing power, are replicable and portable like software. This special quality
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Cloud Computing: Hardware As Software
by cloudtweaks on December 12, 2011
in Cloud Computing, Computing, Guest Writers, Host, iCloud, IT, Security, Storage, Technology, Virtualization, VPN, Web Hosting
Virtualization: Thin on Thin Provisioning – Good Idea or Recipe for Disaster?
by cloudtweaks on November 14, 2011
in Cloud Computing, Computing, Contributors, Guest Writers, IT, Performance, Technology, Virtualization
Virtualization: Thin on Thin Provisioning – Good Idea or Recipe for Disaster? I was part of a panel at a recent GreenPages event and a question was asked by the audience regarding best practices for thin provisioning in a virtual environment. More specifically, the question was, what is the best practice regarding thin on thin storage provisioning? First, let me provide a bit of background on the question. Thin Provisioning is essentially a process for “faking out” an operating system or other platform in such a way that you make it believe it has more storage available than what truly
