From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Mar 11 19:16:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from workhorse.iMach.com (workhorse.iMach.com [206.127.77.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D09337B719 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 19:16:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from forrestc@imach.com) Received: from localhost (forrestc@localhost) by workhorse.iMach.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA10686; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:06:23 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:06:22 -0700 (MST) From: "Forrest W. Christian" To: Jeff Gray Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: co-location model In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Have you looked at jail? With jail you can effectively create numerous machines in one physical machine. I am planning on doing this as an entry level option in our colo space. man jail On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Jeff Gray wrote: > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 13:32:22 -0800 (PST) > From: Jeff Gray > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Cc: Jeff Gray > Subject: co-location model > > In thinking about the co-location model of many machines, whether 1U or > bigger, one realizes that lots of space, lots of energy [I am writing from > California], lots of iron and other materials are inefficiently consumed. > Let alone late night trips to the server farm. > > Instead of co-location with lots of physical servers if someone were to setup > a mainframe that provided, > -multiple OS configurations and alternatives > -centralized hardware management > -centralized security management on the mainframe > -flexible, reliable, scalable storage > > then space, energy, raw materials and I suspect major costs could be > minimized. Late night trips to the server could be eliminated! > > My two questions. > -Is this a reasonable long term model for ISPs and or server farms? > > -Does anyone offer this today at the scale of rack size bites of > physical space? > > > [I say mainframe only to emphasize extreme hardware and software > reliability]. > > Interested to hear what the community thinks. > > Thanks > jeff > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message