[Ilugc] what is meant by cloud computing
- From: yogeshg1987@xxxxxxxxx (Yogesh)
- Date: Tue May 11 15:04:07 2010
2010/4/17 Abhishek K <abhihello@xxxxxxxxx>
Cloud computing is nothing but technology that have all computing power in
the Internet.
Not necessarily every time.. You can even have a private cloud ! See
http://open.eucalyptus.com
However, in cloud computing case, even your operating system will boot from
cloud. You will only have a dumb terminal in front of you with no
capabilities.
An instance of an Image will be instantiated. It is not necessary that
you'll only have a dumb terminal. If you want to you can connect to the
desktop of the instance using rdp.
The future is what Pano Technologies have introduced.
http://www.panologic.com/
<http://www.panologic.com/>
A true virtualised desktop with no computing power. This is what cloud is
all about.
THIS IS NOT WHAT THE CLOUD IS ABOUT. ;-) Yes I'm screaming.. Desktop
virtualization is different from cloud computing.
And when the company needs more processing/computing power, they just buy
it from the cloud services provider, instead of buying it on their own.
Imagine the hardware/maintenance cost savings if this model is implemented.
Virtualization IS NOT cloud computing. This has got very little to do with
the cloud. It is true that when a company needs more cpu power, they
purchase it.
The only true major hurdle with this type of implementation is the security
of the cloud.
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