Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 13:32:22 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Gray <jwgray@netbox.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Cc: Jeff Gray <jwgray@netbox.com> Subject: co-location model Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10103111328570.96200-100000@adsl-63-201-55-220.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In thinking about the co-location model of many machines, whether 1U or bigger, one realizes that lots of space, lots of energy [I am writing from California], lots of iron and other materials are inefficiently consumed. Let alone late night trips to the server farm. Instead of co-location with lots of physical servers if someone were to setup a mainframe that provided, -multiple OS configurations and alternatives -centralized hardware management -centralized security management on the mainframe -flexible, reliable, scalable storage then space, energy, raw materials and I suspect major costs could be minimized. Late night trips to the server could be eliminated! My two questions. -Is this a reasonable long term model for ISPs and or server farms? -Does anyone offer this today at the scale of rack size bites of physical space? [I say mainframe only to emphasize extreme hardware and software reliability]. Interested to hear what the community thinks. Thanks jeff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.10.10103111328570.96200-100000>