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> But many companies still run sensitive software in their data centers or in private clouds, in which a company has dedicated cloud resources from a third-part
by function_seven 11y ago
> But many companies still run sensitive software in their data centers or in private clouds, in which a company has dedicated cloud resources from a third-party or within its own premises.
(Emphasis mine)
Ok, honest question: If I have a "private cloud" on my own premises, how is that not a data center?
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> If I have a "private cloud" on my own premises, how is that not a data center? It is, but "private cloud" on top of that implies a lot more about how you run that datacenter: using virtual machines, abstracting hardware, using APIs to manage servers and storage (ideally the same APIs that would let you just as easily run on someone else's cloud infrastructure), and otherwise trying to minimize your reliance on any particular piece of hardware.
- function_seven 11y agoThanks. I was looking at it from the power, cooling, and square-footage perspective—didn't even consider the sysadmin portion—but I see the massive savings that could be had by uncoupling metal pizza boxes and one-off hardware requirements from the applications that run on them