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DotCloud co-founder here. You're correct, there's a beefy learning curve to properly configure, fine-tune and scale each of these components. Our job is to tac
by shykes 16y ago
DotCloud co-founder here.
You're correct, there's a beefy learning curve to properly configure, fine-tune and scale each of these components. Our job is to tackle that learning curve so you don't have to.
As a developer, you get a little more value out of that deal every time you want to play with something new.
It works for us, because after a while you start seeing patterns in proper automation. There are only so many ways to store, modify and move bits around.
- moe 16y agoYou're preaching to the choir, most of my day- and nightjob involves just that. ;-) That's where a bit of skepticism stems from, as I've dealt with both of these databases first hand, also various other stacks ranging from java, python, ruby, even lua. The not-so-stellar uptime record of Heroku shows that making one size fit all is quite hard, even when you're doing it only for a relatively small set of components. Doing it well for nearly all of them is nothing short of the holy grail in systems management.
- shykes 16y agoOne important detail: we're not releasing all these components right away, although we did package and test them all. We'll start with the fundamentals, and gradually expand to the full catalog.
- skalb 16y agoI'm glad there is going to be more competition in this space. Currently, I don't really have the need or desire to manage my own Hadoop cluster, but I haven't been completely satisfied with Amazon's Elastic Map Reduce offering either. Definitely interested in any beta tests and/or feedback for that!