by admin | Dec 20, 2013 | Cloud Computing
In recent years, cloud computing has become a buzzword and proponents are saying that huge business benefits can be derived from cloud computing. But what is cloud computing really? Most users would be surprised if they are told they have been using cloud computing since they started using Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and many other popular websites. Due to the scale of computing power required by these websites, it makes sense to organize servers to act as if they are one machine. This way, any hardware that break down can be taken offline, then replaced without disrupting service. Then out of this one huge “server”, virtual servers or even desktops can be created which then can act as individual computers. These virtual servers can then be configured to have any resource size. For example, from the server farm, one can create a virtual server with 256MB RAM and 4 CPUs and other with 4GB RAM and 8 CPUs. These virtual servers can be created and taken down...
