tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22311364.post4962040200508672799..comments2024-03-27T21:40:39.130-07:00Comments on Small Biz Thoughts by Karl W. Palachuk: Write Me A Proliant with 18 ProcessorsKarl W. Palachukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854725002875547297noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22311364.post-3049490067996580012009-05-13T10:30:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:30:00.000-07:00Very good info.
And, yes, part of the promise of ...Very good info.<br /><br />And, yes, part of the promise of virtualization is reduced (and easier) maintenance.Karl W. Palachukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854725002875547297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22311364.post-79056989582730778292009-05-13T10:07:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:07:00.000-07:00Hey Karl,
This is already starting to happen. You...Hey Karl,<br /><br />This is already starting to happen. You can create and redistribute images for Amazon EC2, VMWare has a marketplace for "appliances" and rpath.org contains a selection of virtual machines compiled for a range of host software.<br /><br />The main barrier at the moment is that it's conceptually hard for non-technical people to understand, and virtualized technology has not yet proven itself as stable/reliable.<br /><br />Having said that, since we started offering VPS' as an alternative to dedicated servers for client web hosting, all our clients have gone for the VPS option as it's much cheaper and the amount of support required has gone down.<br /><br />No more weekend drives to the data center to replace a bad NIC can only be a good thing!<br /><br />It's a very exciting time to be a consultant as there's a good chance we'll see a huge shift to virtualized systems in the next few years which are going to need a significant amount of support and integration.GSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02952828824285914958noreply@blogger.com