Thank you... your point about uptime is spot on, exactly what I came here to say.
"The entire environment becomes as critical as the most critical application running on it,"
The biggest BENEFIT of virtualization is increased uptime! If you have one server running one application and that server goes down, you're done... with virtual machines if one physical server goes down, the VM's just move to another physical server and off you go!
And the argument about network bandwidth doesn't make any sense either. If you have x gbps of network activity going through your network without virtualization, you're going to have the same amount after, it's just consolidated. So instead of having say 4 servers using 1gbps each, you have one server using 4gbps (theoretically). Which do you think is cheaper? Yeah...
I got the Napster Free Trial and found a great way to bypass the DRM.
Step 1) Hit Play
Step 2) Hit Record (you can use any mp3 recorder to record what's being played on your computer. Just mute your system noises, let the song play, and stop the recording when the song stops. I use Creative Mediasource)
Bam, instant MP3; great quality, no DRM to worry about. It's less of a pain than you think. The one drawback is having to do your own id3 tags, but that's a small price to pay for free, under the radar, good quality music.
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The biggest BENEFIT of virtualization is increased uptime! If you have one server running one application and that server goes down, you're done... with virtual machines if one physical server goes down, the VM's just move to another physical server and off you go!
And the argument about network bandwidth doesn't make any sense either. If you have x gbps of network activity going through your network without virtualization, you're going to have the same amount after, it's just consolidated. So instead of having say 4 servers using 1gbps each, you have one server using 4gbps (theoretically). Which do you think is cheaper? Yeah...
...you just stepped in and it sucked you up a floor, rather than having to stand in a casule. That would be impossible, but way cooler.
aren't volcanoes holes in the earth's crust where the mantle pokes through and squirts out occasionally?
here's one: first you make a myspace music account, then you plug it as often as possible. Like the one for my band, The Apples tee hee hee
Have you seen these? $280 7in USB touch screen monitor. Perfect for in car computers. ...I'd rather have a PSP, though :-)
yeah I've used that before, too, but the hard part is finding a good station
I got the Napster Free Trial and found a great way to bypass the DRM. Step 1) Hit Play Step 2) Hit Record (you can use any mp3 recorder to record what's being played on your computer. Just mute your system noises, let the song play, and stop the recording when the song stops. I use Creative Mediasource) Bam, instant MP3; great quality, no DRM to worry about. It's less of a pain than you think. The one drawback is having to do your own id3 tags, but that's a small price to pay for free, under the radar, good quality music.