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> Cloud implies running in virtualized environment. Unfortunately, 'cloud' implies nothing. Apple's iCloud isn't necessarily storing my data using VMs and EBS/
by chime 15y ago
> Cloud implies running in virtualized environment.
Unfortunately, 'cloud' implies nothing. Apple's iCloud isn't necessarily storing my data using VMs and EBS/BigTable type FS. They could be using dedicated W2K/IIS 4.0 boxes storing BLOBs in MSSQL and still be considered cloud by everyone.
- icebraining 15y agoVIrtualized doesn't mean VMs. It means you access some computing service, where the backend is abstracted away - effectively, virtualized.