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Scalability In the Cloud Era Isn't What You Think

Posted by kdawson on from the partly-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-data dept.

Esther Schindler writes "'Scalability' isn't a checkbox on a vendor's feature chart — though plenty of them speak of it that way. In this IT Expert Voice article, Scott Fulton examines how we define 'scalability,' why it's data that has to scale more than servers, and how old architectural models don't always apply. He writes, 'If you believe that a scalable architecture for an information system, by definition, gives you more output in proportion to the resources you throw at it, then you may be thinking a cloud-based deployment could give your existing system "infinite scalability." Companies that are trying out that theory for the first time are discovering not just that the theory is flawed, but that their systems are flawed and now they're calling out for help.'"

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  1. tl:dr by adeft · · Score: 3, Funny

    can someone scale that article down a bit?

  2. I dunno... by thewils · · Score: 4, Funny

    That ash cloud from Eyjafjallajokull seems to be scaling pretty good.

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    Once I was a four stone apology. Now I am two separate gorillas.
  3. Hand wave by Itninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find that when I speak in my "IT Expert Voice" I get all kinds of things. Even if I am saying gibberish:

    "Linda. The malware infecting you CRT is several beta tests behind the best practice of current IPv6 drives. I will need your password to defrag the driver and upload the taskbar to your certification path...Thank you Linda."

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    I judt got a nre Kinesis keybiartf so please excusr ant egregiou typos.
    1. Re:Hand wave by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      God, only a true nerd would say that. Here, let me show you how this is done.

      "Linda. ... I will need you to drink this bottle of Scotch and hop in the hot tub while I defrag the driver and upload the taskbar to your certification path. I will come there when it is done...Thank you Linda."

  4. Re:I read the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    OK, I'll bite.

    No, really, get the fuck out of here or I will fucking bite you.