Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:02:33 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK3w7ZTpSJgsqkz%2BoBwbvm6J6vi4TyFBSqMxB5gDbsH9oA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKYr3zweDWHCT9ir4uqq%2BjPUZaHZE%2BNdgUuu_vvbcOy65XDvBA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107170928360.56712@Elmer.dco.penx.com> <CAKYr3zx3C5kwUaZQ82=d8U=uCRusoNHc4qbb0w-8BNB2X2Xu9Q@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK2-t2Y5NN%2B1XFa8aJbw%2BbfvEAeP4-iD5_iLthqaohydNw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKYr3zweDWHCT9ir4uqq%2BjPUZaHZE%2BNdgUuu_vvbcOy65XDvBA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com>wrote: > Im pretty sure they are only XEN based and not "cloud" based per se, as > there appears to be no elasticity on demand, Granted RootBSD is nice > but on demand expansion of memory, cpu and disk under ones control is more > what i would describe as FreeBSD in the cloud, > Cloud computing by most definitions I'm aware of refer to the decades old practice of outsourcing data storage and processing needs. RootBSD fits comfortably into this definition. Elastic cloud computing(IMO an often overrated attribute) is an enhanced version of such services. The definition is something of a moot point in this discussion as either setup is available for FreeBSD guests with multiple hosting providers. http://www.reliacloud.com/ and http://www.elastichosts.com/ are a couple examples of the more sophisticated ones. -- Adam Vande More
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