Dryvlyne
Far Beyond Driven
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join:2004-08-30
Newark, OH
| Ironic...
I find it somewhat ironic that we went from the days of mainframe (aka centralized) computing, to distributed computing and now it's coming back around again to "cloud" (aka centralized) computing again. Why would anyone want to go back to the days of a more centralized system again where the risk of a single point of failure grow exponentially? Thanks, but I'll stick with my Personal Ccomputer and client-side software as much as possible.
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NetAdmin
CCNA
join:2008-05-22
| said by Dryvlyne  :Why would anyone want to go back to the days of a more centralized system again where the risk of a single point of failure grow exponentially? A MYRIAD of reasons... Single install/update/upgrade point... Better security... Easier license tracking... It increases the useful lifespan of the client system... Lower utility costs (assuming the use of thin clients)...
As for the single point of failure concerns, there are lots of solutions that can lessen or eliminate those problems. For example, VM clustering with failover comes to mind.
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phxmark
What Country Are We Living In?
join:2000-12-27
Glendale, AZ
| Clustering is still not perfect. The cluster system our central office uses, which is remote, has issues constantly. Especially when they don't sync up properly. The cluster is at two different sites connected by DS3 and they are constantly not synced. It is managed and hosted by an outside company. My boss thought it would be cost saving and increase our availability for the system, but now he is under the gun from higher ups with the issues of this system. Ended up costing two to three times and availability has gone from 98% to 92%. Makes the whole IT department look bad. I am not for cloud computing at this time. Still too many bugs to work out.
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NetAdmin
CCNA
join:2008-05-22
| said by phxmark :Clustering is still not perfect. The cluster system our central office uses, which is remote, has issues constantly. What are you guys using for your setup ?
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phxmark
What Country Are We Living In?
join:2000-12-27
Glendale, AZ
| It is a hosted set up. We don't manage it. My boss thought it would be cheaper to use a hosting company so we don't have to manage or purchase hardware or operating systems.
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