On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Am 22.03.2013 11:04, schrieb Gilboa Davara: >> Than again, in the context of the OP, private clouds (which are being >> operated by the the company itself) behave just the same as external >> clouds > > what is a private cloud? > a buzzword for consultants! > > our VMware ESXi cluster is a private cloud > well, it would exist as it does without the buzzword at all > well, it did not change anything for the clients / users > > the "cloud" is more or less "you need not to know on which host > a server is running because it is controlled by VMware HA/DRS" > BUT i know exactly where the things are running at normal operations > and i would be quite stupid to give up this control completly Most of the private cloud installations I've seen involved two steps. 1. Moving legacy client-server applications from physical installation to virtualized environment. 2. Slow replace the legacy applications (mostly platform dependent client-server software) with web-based software (which usually support mobile devices, hence the connection to the, umm, OP?). Whether you call the above "the move to private clouds" "The move to Web 2.0 applications" or "the mad cat revolution" is completely irrelevant. - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org