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FaaS could be sharing your hardware at a function level inside the JVMs or whatever you are running, rather than at the VM or hypervisor level. You can (potent
by willvarfar 3y ago
FaaS could be sharing your hardware at a function level inside the JVMs or whatever you are running, rather than at the VM or hypervisor level. You can (potentially) get much better elasticity and utilisation?
- Capricorn2481 3y agoIsn't that just functions?
- p_l 3y agoIsn't FaaS just wrapping around functions and their deployment?
- Capricorn2481 3y agoYes, but I'm just confused because saying "Why isn't there an open source FaaS for on prem that shares hardware" makes no sense. At that point, you're just talking about regular coding with functions. Unless there's something I'm missing.
- p_l 3y agoThere's a bunch of open source software that can do it for you, but it's very much "assemble this pile of blocks"
- smt88 3y agoSoftware already shares hardware at the function level. You have far more visibility and control over this within your program than you do when you add an unnecessary layer of abstraction like FaaS. Think more about the name: Function as a Service. Why do you need to serve yourself your own functions? It makes sense only in the context of a cloud provider that's trying to solve the problem of underutilized resources used across many customers.