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you'll still have to build your application in such a way that supports these new nodes, though. Sessions, load balancing etc. a "true" cloud would just handl
by fookyong 16y ago
you'll still have to build your application in such a way that supports these new nodes, though. Sessions, load balancing etc.
a "true" cloud would just handle all that stuff transparently.
- brown9-2 16y agoIs there a "cloud" environment in which designing your application like this isn't necessary?
- sgk284 16y agoGoogle AppEngine
- brown9-2 16y agoWith GAE you have to write your application from the ground up to use Google's APIs and the design they force upon you. I'm not sure it's a fair comparison; in either situation you have to be cognizant of the environment your application will be running in if you want to take advantage of the environment.
- jimbokun 16y ago"a "true" cloud would just handle all that stuff transparently." Be wary of leaky abstractions. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.htm...