From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 08:02:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86CB2106566C for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:02:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f44.google.com (mail-fx0-f44.google.com [209.85.161.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DDDA8FC12 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxe6 with SMTP id 6so4580447fxe.17 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:02:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=hMGhnhoaclzayqb3VzmmMWZoQKCpMgNnf5TOT49KPKI=; b=gVuxuVjF/D5Pm4Fp1GnRQGCuurTeE0zDqwY6jJeEajABsCWvuzvSgW1mMQcbt6TWai NYyJv2mUKw2L8JjAXq9aXULemxXxkzk3FC4SAPgq6kQFsOcKhQAh6esiTfeKQunbKzpq ztb0MkhWctFLf4Y00K4gfGIwLoLBpLpxPFhQA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.10.143 with SMTP id p15mr9588686fap.12.1310976153288; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:02:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.124.67 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:02:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:02:33 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Outback Dingo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:02:35 -0000 On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Outback Dingo wrote: > Im pretty sure they are only XEN based and not "cloud" based per se, as > there appears to be no elasticity on demand, Granted RootBSD is nice > but on demand expansion of memory, cpu and disk under ones control is more > what i would describe as FreeBSD in the cloud, > Cloud computing by most definitions I'm aware of refer to the decades old practice of outsourcing data storage and processing needs. RootBSD fits comfortably into this definition. Elastic cloud computing(IMO an often overrated attribute) is an enhanced version of such services. The definition is something of a moot point in this discussion as either setup is available for FreeBSD guests with multiple hosting providers. http://www.reliacloud.com/ and http://www.elastichosts.com/ are a couple examples of the more sophisticated ones. -- Adam Vande More