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What does it mean, in your opinion?
by lifty 6y ago
What does it mean, in your opinion?
- xaduha 6y agohttps://wiki.c2.com/?CloseToTheMetal https://wiki.c2.com/?CloseToTheMetal Think various boards bootloaders, not even BIOS to rely on, that's running on bare metal. Calling something running on a normal x64 OS launched with UEFI as such is silly and inaccurate.
- theptip 6y agoIt's common parlance to use "running on bare metal" as the opposite of "running in a virtual machine", i.e. a synonym of "running your OS without a hypervisor". This usage has been commonplace for a long time, probably two decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-metal_server https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-metal_server
- lifty 6y agoI am a professional in the field for many years and your version of the term is not widely accepted. There is a wikipedia page which describes the accepted definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-metal_server https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-metal_server
- xaduha 6y agoMan you guys are laughable, brandishing one wiki page like it's one true source. But nevermind that, several older ones were presented to you and crickets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_to_Metal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_to_Metal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_machine https://wiki.c2.com/?CloseToTheMetal https://wiki.c2.com/?CloseToTheMetal This term goes back to early 2000 at least.
- lifty 6y agoIf you read again my comment you will see that I made a point about how common the term is. Once again, your version of the definition is just not wide-spread. If you do a google search for "bare-metal", the vast majority of pages refer to the definition that me and the other posted mentioned.