Re: CEO's head in the Cloud
- From: chet justice <chet.justice@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 17:13:53 -0400
There are indeed some great use cases for utilizing the cloud. This
article, *I bought my own server for $1.02 (USD!)* (
http://www.dannorris.com/2009/01/16/i-bought-my-own-server-for-102-usd/) by
Mr. Dan Norris really brought home the value to me.
chet
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:23 PM, <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I went to an oracle security course at oracle in Orlando, and the
> instructor logged us on to VM images he kept in an amazon cloud. He
> claimed it came down to about $1.00/per student per hour….
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>
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> Just being a messenger, but like they say, it depends. Start with a new
> image everytime… small simple small database… and it seems as though that
> was a cost effective application of the cloud if what he said is indeed the
> whole cost.
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>
> Joel Patterson
> Database Administrator
> 904 727-2546
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Guillermo Alan Bort
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:31 AM
> *To:* jwilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Cc:* mark.powell2@xxxxxx; oracle-l
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> *Subject:* Re: CEO's head in the Cloud
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> but is cloud really more cost effective? and what are the reasons it is
> cost effective?
> Alan.-
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> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Jeremiah Wilton <jwilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> On Jun 3, 2010, at 5:42 AM, "Powell, Mark" <mark.powell2@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> If you have to give up control of what versions of software you run then I
> do not see how you could even consider making such a migration.
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> Who says you have to give up control of software versions? On most IaaS
> cloud platforms (including Amazon), you can run any Linux or Windows, and
> any software on top of that you want. I'm not sure what restriction you are
> referring to.
>
> Yes cloud is an annoying buzzword. It is also an actual real thing that
> does stuff.
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> Jeremiah Wilton
> Blue Gecko, Inc.
> http://www.bluegecko.net
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