Thoughts and Theories From Roger Andre
for the curious, and people getting to grips with computing and computers.
Friday 27 June 2008, 9:28 PM
hackers, bulldozers, and other potential joys of cloud computing
Well...where do you start?
I have, over the not so recent months, slowly become aware of the talk surrounding cloud computing. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? The idea as I understand it (and in a nutshell) is to work from and store your data on computers that may be many miles away from the user.
At the moment things could be ok with this, cos most of us have machines with plenty of storage, the potential to cheaply get more on demand, and the sense to keep our most cherished and critical data close to us. What concerns me at the moment is that there may be a coming trend to sell us low spec idiot boxes with very little user interface and with all the power and configuration potential locked away in server rooms. It may be the up and coming generations of people that could fall for this.
Imagine the frustration if something happens to the server that all your data is stored on, and you end up with a machine that has limited or even no capability to to capture that data quickly. And what of privacy? what if the firm holding your data goes bust? indeed what if the bulldozers move in because of some territorial dispute? then of course there are always hackers......
I believe that we should think very carefully before putting all our CPU eggs into the cloud computing basket, and keep our rigs broad, powerful, and locked down to our own preferences.
I have, over the not so recent months, slowly become aware of the talk surrounding cloud computing. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? The idea as I understand it (and in a nutshell) is to work from and store your data on computers that may be many miles away from the user.
At the moment things could be ok with this, cos most of us have machines with plenty of storage, the potential to cheaply get more on demand, and the sense to keep our most cherished and critical data close to us. What concerns me at the moment is that there may be a coming trend to sell us low spec idiot boxes with very little user interface and with all the power and configuration potential locked away in server rooms. It may be the up and coming generations of people that could fall for this.
Imagine the frustration if something happens to the server that all your data is stored on, and you end up with a machine that has limited or even no capability to to capture that data quickly. And what of privacy? what if the firm holding your data goes bust? indeed what if the bulldozers move in because of some territorial dispute? then of course there are always hackers......
I believe that we should think very carefully before putting all our CPU eggs into the cloud computing basket, and keep our rigs broad, powerful, and locked down to our own preferences.
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