--- On Tue, 7/20/10, Matthew J. Roth <mroth(a)imminc.com> wrote:
Antonio,
Clearly, you are just playing devil's advocate since the
answers to your questions are contained in a document that
has already been quoted once in the replies to your initial
post. In fact, that document is a mere two clicks away
from the article that you referenced.
I wanted to know more, and now thanks to most of the respondents, I understand a
little bit better of what is involved in these matters.
I saw this link, but did not read it :( Sorry for not going there to find the answers.
These private clouds are often the evolution of a
virtualized
infrastructure into something that’s more dynamic
and automated...
...a private cloud that builds on a virtualized
foundation will be
the strategic choice that helps IT bring on new
business services
more quickly...
In a cloud environment, resources can be rapidly and
elastically
provisioned, in some cases automatically, to quickly
scale out
based on pre-set policies and the demands of an
application. Just
as importantly, resources can also be rapidly
decreased when they
are no longer needed, avoiding the familiar
situation of unused
servers sitting idle after the task they were
initially purchased
for ends.
It all really boils down to another layer of abstraction
that can allow you to leverage your virtualized
infrastructure to deploy services rapidly and get the most
out of your hardware. I understand Richard Stallman's
concerns about storing private data on a public cloud, but
that is just one aspect of the technology.
However, I really don't understand your concern about
whether or not Fedora is involved with the Red Hat Cloud
Foundations. No matter what, you're not going to be
forced to store your /home filesystem on a public cloud,
just as you are not forced to run a VM.
Regards,
Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer
--
It was a legitimate question, since I read somewhere that Ubuntu was using some kind of
cloud service and how does one disable it.
Is there some kind of guarantee that Fedora will not force one to store /home on a
"Cloud server somewhare" since Ubuntu did something like that. And each of the
big guys is competing in this new market, I hope that such things don't happen over
here.
Big thanks to all who have responded.
Regards,
Antonio