read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Funny thing about the never-ending discussions of cloud, virtualization, and containers out here in pundit-land… Most writers blithely ignore the one truth that all of us need to be reminded of on occasion.<\/p>\n
Your cloud is built on hardware.<\/p>\n
Yes indeed, I did say that out loud. Talk about fifteen layers of server\/network virtualization all you like, SDX your way into the 22nd century, but never forget that someone somewhere is racking and stacking to make it happen.<\/p>\n
Why does that matter? Well for a lot of reasons, though they can be broken into the usual categories – public and private. On-premises and off.
\nVirtualization, cloud, and containers share one simple premise – make it easier for folks to get machines that do what they need, when they need it. Which is cool, but easier (and\/or cheaper) always results in more. And more means that underlying hardware has to grow. It also means the complexity of the infrastructure grows.<\/p>\n
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