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Hi, What is the maximum number of virtual IP we can assign for an virtual server (on a single NIC{single system}) ???	1 comment » Like »
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Hi all. Cloud computing is something (though it is a technology) that changes the way you run your business. For small and middle level businesses it is like a boon. It frees the users from establishing on-premise hardware setup which results in cost reduction. All the users need is just internet and browser. Security can be a topic of concern but the cloud service providers have very secure and robust solution for that. Their data is highly encrypted so security breach is not easily possible.

@Jeff... Salesforce is one of the cloud service providers, and mainly deals in Cloud CRM. It provides SaaS and Paas. You pay for what you need only. You can subscribe for their services and upgrade your subscription as your business grows. I am a Salesforce developer. It offers you a highly customizable CRM for your business. We customize the CRM as the user wants.
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Hi There

This is a great thread, I recently had to do exactly this. My dad always needs to know what the latest and greatest is all about so he can impress his pals on the golf course. He asked me a while back about virtualisation and more recently about cloud. Fortunately when he asked about virtualisation I used an analogy I was able to carry through the whole story :) We are both quite into our cars so like a lot of you thats the analogy I used.
When I was explaining to him about virtualisation I told him it was sort of like car pooling, 4 guys on the same street all work in the CBD 9-5 Mon-Fri. They could each buy a car but instead decide to buy one big car between them, a people carrier :) This goes great for a while until one of the guys decides to take the people carrier for a joy ride one evening and when his pals need it for work the next day hes not back ... Concept works in theory right but sharing only works when no one gets greedy or does something that was unexpected. This got him great cudos on the course as he not only knew how to describe virtualisation but also described one of its biggest drawbacks.
When it came to cloud it was easy, cloud was a taxi, no capitol outlay, pay as you go, there when you need it, you need to transport more than 4 adults you just order a bigger cab ...
I thought my anology had run its course when he asked me about SaaS, as it turns out he hadn't been asked about this on the golf course, he had gone off in search of something he could stump me with :) It turned out to be quite easy to encorporate into my car analogy however as I just told him it was like if your cab showed up with a driver and a GPS :), or maybe even leather seats and a tv screen and fridge full of beer, you,re paying a bit more but you get everything you need ...
I'm trying to convince my dad of the virtues of solitary passtimes now :)

Emma
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I've got to stop looking at my email on my phone while I'm smoking a brisket... I should have done ribs.. they require more attention...

Anyway, Cynthia, to expand on what David is saying, it depends on whether you are getting SaaS or IaaS (or even (Paas) as to who "owns" the software stack. In IaaS, you are providing everything above the "metal." In PaaS, your developers have a toolkit and Integrated Environment to rapidly build and provision your apps. With SaaS, it's as turnkey as it gets, with minimal customization.

In a PRIVATE CLOUD you are back at square one... you own EVERYTHING, you are the PROVIDER as WELL as the CONSUMER, and actually have much more work to do than before you ever heard of the term "Cloud " in the first place.

Maybe that is why HYBRID Cloud will be the dominant model for many years to come.

Back to celebrating Independence from whatever ....
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Cynthia, I would be careful not to confuse 'ownership' of infrastructure with the governance (control) of platforms and software. Servers (switches) governing user defined controls of data might be owned by 3rd parties and, by Contract, leased by users.
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Or we can use car pool as example for explaining public and private cloud. Public cloud can be term as public transport which single provider provides infrastructures ( bus/train) and all unrelated users can access the common infrastructures to access application. (ride to office). Private cloud can be term as car pool where one person provides infra (car) and many related people use the common infra (car) for the application (ride to office). so for private cloud, related people is equivalent to branch offices or end users or the suppliers.

What do you guys think?
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I guess using power/ water utilities to explain PUBLIC cloud is easily understandable. However, when come to PRIVATE cloud, water/power utilities seem confusing. As what the picture shown above, I supposed, the only difference between public cloud and private cloud is the ownership of hardware infrastructures. End users, who use public cloud, do not own any of the hardware. They just approach cloud service providers to get whatever applications they need and pay for what they use. However, for private cloud, end users own their hardware infrastructure (its the end users who decide whether or not to virtualize it). But when come to SOFTWARE layer ( applications that run in hardware) they will engage service provider to provide application they need and pay as what they have used.

Do you guys agree with me?
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While definition of the cloud at it's most basic can be done using a sentence or two, the disruption it brings with it can take volumes ... More » By Alex Gutman

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While definition of the cloud at it's most basic can be done using a sentence or two, the disruption it brings with it can take volumes to explain. Let's not forget all the technologies being moved can cause instability in an IT environment.

The IT landscape has grown in complexity supporting a wider and growing range of technologies and platforms (Virtualization, Cloud, Open Source etc.), and accelerated application release schedules. Today a typical environment is highly dynamic including a large data volume – even thousands of different configuration parameters. This is all highly relevant to cloud and thought it would bring some insight to an area that goes neglected but is of paramount importance when discussing cloud adoption. Configuration/Change Management.

Business Service Management (BSM) today has morphed into an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) support solution rather than the pure infrastructure and application management vision that appeared nearly a decade ago. The original business service management (BSM) concept was founded on the capability to map business services to infrastructure components. This gave end users visibility into IT as well as bridged the way IT and users saw applications.

A new Forrester research report "IT'S TIME TO REDISCOVER BSM." is available to you (Free for next seven days)

http://www.evolven.com/download-forrester-report-bsm.html
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@Jan, thanks for the feedback and the NIST link. I enjoyed your comments about how we fixate on the cloud vs. other valuable technologies. Of course, with iCloud on the way, there are many non-technical people trying to understand what the cloud is is at it's most basic level, and they probably won't care too much about understanding it in full. Just like I can enjoy a Stephen Hawking video without fully understanding quantum physics. Enjoy your BBQ & weekend!
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vCloud is (and has been for awhile) a 1.0 product... Until they can reconcile vApps from the old definition of vApp with the new definition of vApp it will remain a "test and dev" product. Yes, it is IaaS but good at the monenty only for net new environments (and how many of us have that luxury ?) I hear what you're saying about performance and encryption but that is just mis-applied technology, Throw that stuff on dedicated new-generation GPUs and see what happens !! Actually, the HACKERS are far ahead in that sense... (but then I think we are hijacking this thread, and taking ti where it was never intended) ..

HEY -- It's a long holiday weekend, at least here in the U.S. of A !! I'm going to celebrate our freedom from tyranny by consuming artery-clogging barbecued animal flesh and ludicrous amounts of fermented beverages .... See you all on Tuesday !!!
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@Jan - It depends on what type of encryption, really. Too high a bit will cause sluggish performance. Working in security, that is one trade off I'm far too familiar with. Security and performance are on opposite sides of a scale. For one to be better, the other has to suffer. At least right now...

Also, we use salesforce so I am familiar with their SaaS concepts. vCloud is IaaS if I'm not mistaken. And I agree, I don't see vCloud on the public side. It is really, really hard to secure it.

My cloud initiative actually isn't with vCloud per-se, unless they can work out some things that I actually need, like 802.1q trunks to VMs and such. My goal is IaaS for the labs. I hope I eventually get there.
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I an neither an Infosec nor Cloud expert, but see no reason why encryption could not secure transactions among Private / Hybrid / whatever Clouds. There will no doubt be new models which do not currently exist once the security bogeyman has been put to bed. Lots of companies have contractors on their networks through VPNs as it is, and have been doing this for years to take advantage of cheap labor.

BTW, the NIST definition is not "carved in stone" ;

The purpose of this publication is to provide the NIST definition of cloud computing. NIST intends this informal definition to enhance and inform the public debate on cloud computing. Cloud computing is still an evolving paradigm. Its definition, use cases, underlying technologies, issues, risks, and benefits will be refined and better understood with a spirited debate by the public and private sectors. This definition, its attributes, characteristics, and underlying rationale will evolve over time.
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Jan, Might 3rd party CSP encryptions secure B2B transactions within a Private Cloud? Or should we call this a 'Community Cloud?' Or, dare I use a non-NIST term 'Project Cloud.'
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@Jay - I think I've tried to make your point a few times. PRIVATE Cloud is a whole different animal than PUBLIC Cloud. Setting up vCloud Director has so little in common with backing up a few files over the Internet, that describing one does little to give any indication of what the other entails. While. yes, virtualization is an enabling technology, virtualization <> Cloud. I would guess you are deploying your Cloud inside a corporate firewall (at least that's where I see most instances of vCloud ending up.) As you state, Cloud is dependent on many precedent technologies, but scratch more than a bit deep, and you'll see Salesforce.com (a prime example of SaaS) does not use virtualization, at least not in the Hypervisor sense, and more than a few, if not the majority of Private clouds run over leased lines or stay within the boundaries of Internal Ethernet switch pools never EVER traversing the PUBLIC Internet.

The point I have been trying to make over these past few months is (as you state) this is hard to do, and as such, may not be easy to understand. Maybe there IS no easy way to adequately define Cloud computing to non-technical colleagues. I am now convinced that there are DOZENS of INADEQUATE ways to do so <g>....
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@Jan Klinecewicz - All humor aside, having worked with some of the cloud software out there, namely vmware cloud director, I believe cloud computing adds another level on top of the existing duties a system administrator / engineer would have to be responsible for. I'm trying to put together a private cloud for lab/development/support teams in my organization, and its actually harder to accomplish this than just setting up the virtual machine environments. To respond to your SQL/RAID/memory comment, I sum it up like this: we had those first, and cloud is a biproduct of that. Without the former, you cannot have the latter.
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