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cloud is just a fancy word for Virtualization.
by vxxzy 9y ago
cloud is just a fancy word for Virtualization.
- zephod 9y agoI think virtualization is a fancy word for cloud.
- codefined 9y agoVirtualisaton is the basic task you're doing, you're making a "virtual" computer. The idea of the "cloud" is more that these virtual machines are hosted in a room somewhere far away with other virtual computers there as well. For instance, I can install VMWare and get virtualisation going on my laptop, but I wouldn't consider that the cloud. Similar, you can get bare metal computers on the cloud which aren't virtualised.
- neom 9y agoThat's not strictly true, most folks agree that cloud services typically have an "on the fly" type elastic nature.
- vxxzy 9y agoAt the end of the day there exists a hypervisor... Virtualization.
- Danihan 9y agoYep, afaik Amazon ec2 is still Xen.
- dijit 9y agoSo do VPS providers. Ask for a VPS and you'll get it in the same amount of time as EC2. The difference is only surrounding automated deployment (cloudformation) or services that are offered (RDS)