Re: Virtualization
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 09:27:03 +0200
Message-ID: <d57zu.7248$Rb6.446_at_uutiset.elisa.fi>
"Mladen Gogala" wrote in message news:pan.2014.01.07.15.30.34_at_gmail.com...
On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:10:39 +0200, Jack wrote:
>> VMWARE = cloud
>>It is cloud, even when it is privat cloud.
>VMWare is a virtualization software which allows you to create, maintain
>and administer virtual machines, just like KVM, VirtualBox or Hyper-V.
>Cloud also includes a third party provider which creates and maintains
>virtual machines for you. In other words, the notion of the cloud
>combines virtualization and outsourcing. There are things that companies
>readily entrust to cloud providers, the largest of which is Amazon.com,
Private cloud is cloud infrastructure operated solely for a single
organization, whether managed internally or by a third-party and hosted
internally or externally.
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf
>Please note that the idea of the virtual machines is much, much older
>than the cloud itself and that the authorship goes to IBM. IBM virtual
>machines were all the rage around 1985.
Actually, concept of cloud computing dates back to the 1950s. Known as "Remote Job Entry" and "time-sharing". But narrowminded migth not foresee it.
Regards
Jack, from seventh cloud ( aka heaven aka nirvana aka vmware v 7.0 ;)
Received on Wed Jan 08 2014 - 08:27:03 CET