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Would these be too pricey as hypervisors for cloud compute? It seems to me to be ideal for CPU thread intensive applications like databases, on-demand transcod

by teepo 12y ago

Would these be too pricey as hypervisors for cloud compute? It seems to me to be ideal for CPU thread intensive applications like databases, on-demand transcoding. What are some use cases for a server like this for Google? I'd love to see these available in the IBM Cloud (SoftLayer) but I think they will be too pricey and reserved for enterprise.

jameshk 12y ago
If these are cheap enough (someone said $200 a pop with bulk discounts) then cloud providers will get a big boost.
huslage 12y ago
You can also logically partition these beasts into multiple real servers. Who needs a hypervisor when you can have 96 "real" servers sharing the same hardware?
- sp332 12y ago
  Memory bandwidth would be a nightmare, not to mention every other kind of I/O.
  - mzs 12y ago
    There are some tricks for IO: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp5065.html http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp5065.htm...
- mikeash 12y ago
  Pardon my ignorance: what's the difference between using a hypervisor and running "real" servers that share hardware?