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Azure is a redundancy service. They have their own data centre that hosts iCloud.
by weiran 14y ago
Azure is a redundancy service. They have their own data centre that hosts iCloud.
- glhaynes 14y agoJust curious: is that "known as a fact" now? I'd imagine that means that their own data center for iCloud is running Windows Server, too. Which doesn't really seem any less likely in today's world than Linux servers but it would be interesting just in terms of how much you could blow Apple fans' minds if you could travel back 15 years and tell them that. EDIT: I'm wrong, as pointed out below; Azure isn't just for Windows Server.
- ceejayoz 14y agoYou can run Linux in Windows Azure. http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/linux/ http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/linux/
- glhaynes 14y agoI had no idea! Thank you.
- balakk 14y agoNot just that, there are a whole set of Azure storage APIs which are just HTTP/REST. You could use them from any OS that has a HTTP stack. Apple are probably using just this.
- recoiledsnake 14y agoIsn't that a very recent feature?
- ceejayoz 14y agoAs far as I can tell, iCloud and Linux on Azure were both announced in June 2012.