One thing that the last year has taught me is that things change quickly. One of the biggest challenges is to keep up with this change and figure out what is...
One thing that the last year has taught me is that things change quickly. One of the biggest challenges is to keep up with this change and figure out what is new and what is not. We are going to take a diversion today and look at changes in the Oracle Public Cloud then get back to provisioning database into different cloud platforms tomorrow. This is important because it helps us define how to differentiate platform as a service from infrastructure as a service with software...
One thing that the last year has taught me is that things change quickly. One of the biggest challenges is to keep up with this change and figure out what is new and what is not. We are going to take...
Last week we focused on getting infrastructure as a service up and running. I wanted to move up the stack and talk about platform as a service but...
Last week we focused on getting infrastructure as a service up and running. I wanted to move up the stack and talk about platform as a service but unfortunately, I got distracted with yet another infrastructure problem. We were able to install the storage cloud appliance software in a virtual machine but how do you install this in a compute cloud instance? This brings up two issues. First, how do you run a Linux 7 - 3.10 kernel in the Oracle Compute Cloud Service. Second, how...
Last week we focused on getting infrastructure as a service up and running. I wanted to move up the stack and talk about platform as a service but unfortunately, I got distracted with yet...
Today is our last day to talk about infrastructure as a service. We are moving up the stack into platform as a service after this. The higher up the stack we...
Today is our last day to talk about infrastructure as a service. We are moving up the stack into platform as a service after this. The higher up the stack we get, the more value it has to the business and end users. It is interesting to talk about storage and compute in the cloud but does this help us treat patients in a medical practice any better, find oil and gas faster, deliver our manufactured product any cheaper? Not really but not having them will negatively effect all...
Today is our last day to talk about infrastructure as a service. We are moving up the stack into platform as a service after this. The higher up the stack we get, the more value it has to the...
Yesterday we started talking about the cost comparison for storage in the cloud. We briefly touched on the cost of long term archive in the cloud. How much does...
Yesterday we started talking about the cost comparison for storage in the cloud. We briefly touched on the cost of long term archive in the cloud. How much does it cost to backup data for long term archive and what is the best way to do this? Years ago the default way of doing this was to copy your data on disk to a tape unit and put the tape in a box. The box was then put in an environmentally controlled room to extend the lifetime of tape and a person was put on staff to...
Yesterday we started talking about the cost comparison for storage in the cloud. We briefly touched on the cost of long term archive in the cloud. How much does it cost to backup data for long...
One of the newest concepts that has been introduced for cloud services is the concept of un-metered or dedicated services. Before we dive into this subject,...
One of the newest concepts that has been introduced for cloud services is the concept of un-metered or dedicated services. Before we dive into this subject, let's review what a cloud service really is. When you boil it all down, you are basically leasing computer resources on a computer that you don't own. You are taking a slice of a compute engine, slice of a disk drive, part of a network connection. You are renting space. Think of it as living in an apartment. Yes, this is...
One of the newest concepts that has been introduced for cloud services is the concept of un-metered or dedicated services. Before we dive into this subject, let's review what a cloud service...
Yesterday we looked at backing up our production databases to cloud storage. One of the main motivations behind doing this was cost. We were able to reduce the...
Yesterday we looked at backing up our production databases to cloud storage. One of the main motivations behind doing this was cost. We were able to reduce the cost of storage from $3K/TB capex plus $300/TB/year opex to $400/TB/year opex. This is a great solution but some customers complain that it is not generic enough and latency to cloud storage is not that great. Today we are going to address both of these issues with the cloud storage appliance. First, let's address both...
Yesterday we looked at backing up our production databases to cloud storage. One of the main motivations behind doing this was cost. We were able to reduce the cost of storage from $3K/TB capex...
Up to this point we have talked about the building blocks of the cloud. Today we are going to look into the real economics of using some of the cloud services...
Up to this point we have talked about the building blocks of the cloud. Today we are going to look into the real economics of using some of the cloud services that we have been examining. We have looked at moving compute and storage to the cloud. Let's look at some of the reasons why someone would look at storage in the cloud. Storage is one of those funny things that everyone asks for. Think of uses for storage. You save emails that come in every day. If you host your email...
Up to this point we have talked about the building blocks of the cloud. Today we are going to look into the real economics of using some of the cloud services that we have been examining. We...
If you are looking for a cloud hosting provider, the number one question that comes up is which one to use. There are a ton of cloud providers. How do you...
If you are looking for a cloud hosting provider, the number one question that comes up is which one to use. There are a ton of cloud providers. How do you decide which one is best for you? To be honest, the answer is it depends. It depends on what your problem is and what problem you are trying to solve. Are you trying to solve how you communicate with customers? If so do you purchase something like SalesForce or Oracle Sales Cloud, you get a cloud based sales automation...
If you are looking for a cloud hosting provider, the number one question that comes up is which one to use. There are a ton of cloud providers. How do you decide which one is best for you? To...
Yesterday we were out on a limb. Today we are going to be skating on thin ice. Not only do I know less about Azure than AWS but Microsoft has significantly...
Yesterday we were out on a limb. Today we are going to be skating on thin ice. Not only do I know less about Azure than AWS but Microsoft has significantly different thoughts and solutions on storage than the other two cloud vendors. First, let's look at the available literature on Azure storageMicrosoft Azure Storage EssentialsCloud Computing with the Windows Azure PlatformDeveloping Cloud Applications with Windows Azure StorageIntroducing Windows Azure For IT...
Yesterday we were out on a limb. Today we are going to be skating on thin ice. Not only do I know less about Azure than AWS but Microsoft has significantly different thoughts and solutions on storage...
