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UC Berkeley Lab Examines Cloud Computing Obstacles

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-throw-money-at-it dept.

alphadogg writes "UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles. 'We argue that the construction and operation of extremely large-scale, commodity-computer data centers at low-cost locations was the key necessary enabler of Cloud Computing,' The paper outlines 10 obstacles to cloud computing [PDF]."

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  1. Re:Okay, it's a buzzword by geekoid · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but it's not.

    Cloud still has several interpretation.

    Sometimes it's data, sometimes it's cpu cycles, sometimes user connections.

    Short of "Some IT stuff done someplace else."

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  2. Re:RTFA by djupedal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The 'cloud' is a metaphor for the Internet - not for a controlled service from Google or Amazon. 'cloud computing' is defined as software-as-a-service over the internet which means a major factor outside a controlled environ.

    Berkeley, in the exec. summary says "The datacenter hardware and software is what we will call a Cloud."

    Thus 'cloud' has been hijacked and redefined for purposes of... I prefer to stick to the original definition and not ignore it. Of course, by their definition, their model and their proposal fits their conclusions nicely.