Cloud Computing
Hi,Just thought i would start a blog about cloud computing.
Basically with all the press from the Microsoft PDC, and there announcement of Azure and Cloud Computing OS. Cloud computing has taking another step forward.
I think this is a move in the right direction. and here is why.
Virtual Servers: Today you are finding more and more people are moving to virtual servers instead of multiple servers, means that servers are now very portable. and easy to create new ones for testing and also backup!
They also provide you with better resource sharing, which means lower energy cost and less faults with hardware as you now only have 1 or 2 servers instead of 6 or 7.
With this much easier to manage server inviroment it means that services have a much better up time and companies that run these servers do not need many staff. so saving costs.
Web Applications: With the current adoption of web applications. with Web Mail, Google Doc's and now microsofts push for Windows Live and Online Office. may more people are becoming more open the doing there docs online. I do this for a few reasons:
- I can access all my documents/emails from any computer ANYWHERE! flexibility like that is great.
- I can share any document/email with anyone who is also on any computer anywhere.
- I dont have to backup my files. they are always there, and always will be.
- I can keep a local copy if needed. also when offline is fully able to edit all files in google docs that will make it perfect as i will never have to keep a local copy i'll just keep and "offline" copy which i can also edit.(google docs)
- you can store the SAME file in multiple folders (google docs) and infact they are not ever folders they are basically tags and sub tags.
Being a computer tech guy, one of the biggest problem with local/static files has always been that you cannot easily access the files you need unless you carry them around with you. which a usb key can help alot. except i seem to break them all. I was always looking for files, searching shares i made on my computer. never having any order. Plus only being able to save it in one location then making multiple shortcuts just made things messy.
The only problem i can see is that the service for what ever reason blocks you or goes down. both of which wont happen on your local computer.
this will not be a problem when Offline/sync is done 100% properly, which by that i mean in the background, with out you noticing if you are offline or online, it wont matter you always have access to your files.
With these to things in mind. Virtual Server and Web Apps. I beleive this is the basis for Cloud computing. I think the way it should work, is just like dumb terminals/thin clients. basically have a very small OS. that runs a GUI which is kind of like a browser. but also have files that you can access, like my computer which is a app that lets you control your computer then all files are stored online with online storage OR and a must, network share. this way people can keep there private files offline on there own server.
Also i would like to see it work like google chrome apps do. i only found this feature yesterday and now I am back using google chrome, they new version is stable.
I beleive google is going to be making an OS. they have done it with andriod and i think the way they will shape andriod will be to move everything in a online type setup. add this to the great features of google chrome, put a linux back end on it and away you go.
I'm probably rambling on now. but my idea for the past 5-6 years was to scrap the traditional File system, and instead have a tag like system, that could tag files or anything, and then only show the tags how ever you wanted!
this is basically what google docs does.
some of the limiting things will be: Games, Video recording, Music making/recording.
I think cloud computing really needs to be all files stored in the cloud not all processing power done in the cloud.
games could still be loaded locally, but only games that interact online.
These are my basic thoughts. Not very structured sorry. dont have the time.
cheers
Technoicon
Labels: Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Google Docs, Microsoft, Virtual Servers
posted by Technoicon @ 9:07 AM
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