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Cloud Computing
David Noblewww.dnoble.org@davenoble on twitter
May 31, 2009Barcamp San Diego
What it's not
“apps on the internet”
ASP redux (app server provider)
panacea (fire the IT staff!)
What it is
Provisioningdoesn't that sound boring?
Virtualizationjust like mainframes!
Imagesremember ghost?
Wrinkles- ephemeral nature IP addresses, storage
- bit rot
- configuration chef, puppet, pool party
- allocation InsufficientInstanceCapacity
- security
- SMTP
Buzzwords
Software as a Service
Platform as a Service
Infrastructure as a Service
Interesting Uses
testbeds
crunching numbers
disposable desktop
scalable web apps
Cool Developments
auto-scaling
cluster configuration
on-premise (Eucalyptus, JBoss Cloud)
Cloud image: http://www.stockvault.net/Sky_Clouds_g12-Point_Break_p5034.html