Comment Re:Local cloud servers? Really?! (Score 1) 94
Working within and using the cloud is a whole new way of looking at servers and, at least for my company, works well internally as well. For us, the cloud has great potential and use for DEV and QA environments, serving static content, and for quickly and easily provisioning additional capacity. We keep our data in house. No proprietary data is in the cloud, just the front end for delivering it.
When it comes to cloud we think of servers as applicances. We hardly ever fix them. If they break we throw them away and turn up another. As I said above, no data is stored on them. We also built "factory reset" into our automation that allows us to return servers to how they were configured when we first built them as a means to control drift (which is minimal since noone ever logs into the servers).
This automation and tool set are now transitioning to our internal data center. We are building out a "cloud" infrastructure that will allow us to treat internal servers as appliances as well. That way, we have a choice between public and private cloud when provisioning servers (lower cost/security vs. higher cost/security).
I know cloud is a buzz word for the consultants and marketers but Sys Admins (and developers as well) need to look beyond that and see the potential.
When it comes to cloud we think of servers as applicances. We hardly ever fix them. If they break we throw them away and turn up another. As I said above, no data is stored on them. We also built "factory reset" into our automation that allows us to return servers to how they were configured when we first built them as a means to control drift (which is minimal since noone ever logs into the servers).
This automation and tool set are now transitioning to our internal data center. We are building out a "cloud" infrastructure that will allow us to treat internal servers as appliances as well. That way, we have a choice between public and private cloud when provisioning servers (lower cost/security vs. higher cost/security).
I know cloud is a buzz word for the consultants and marketers but Sys Admins (and developers as well) need to look beyond that and see the potential.