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This is just an FYI<br>
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I know a developer and he said this is still something new canonical
are working on to replace orchestra in regards to provisioning, I
dont think its going ot be ready for prime time at least until the
next LTS. I woudl like to do some testing come summer about this as
this is a feature that interests me greatly.<br>
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On 4/17/12 5:26 PM, Hearns, John wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">I read a ZDnet article on Ubuntu LTS
pitching to be your cloud
and data centre distribution on choice.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It mentions Ubunti Metal-As-A-Service<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1103">http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1103</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I guess this is what clustering types have
been doing for a
long time with various cluster deployment and management
suites.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Also note Mark Shuttleworths comment about
the cost of the
OS per node :<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“As we enter an era in which ATOM is as
important in
the data centre as XEON, an operating system like Ubuntu makes
even more sense”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I guess this chimes with the initial
Beowulfery spirit –
when you have low-cost nodes, why use an OS (whether it is
Windows, Solaris etc)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Which is a significant fraction of the
nodes cost.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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