[06:31] <mattwj2002> hi all
[06:31] <mattwj2002> I got a question
[06:32] <mattwj2002> what is a cloud and I am not talking about those white puffy things in the sky :P
[06:32] <mattwj2002> is it basically a cluster computer?
[06:32] <flaccid> check wikipedia - Cloud Computing
[06:32] <mattwj2002> okay
[06:35] <mattwj2002> hmmm
[06:35] <mattwj2002> clear as mud
[06:37] <mattwj2002> well how about this
[06:37] <mattwj2002> I am trying to understand what UEC is
[06:41] <mattwj2002> flaccid: are you here/
[06:41] <mattwj2002> ?
[06:41] <flaccid> mattwj2002: http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/private
[06:43] <mattwj2002> so you could add and remove hardware or possibly virtual hardware from the cloud to a virtual application?
[06:43] <flaccid> sorry that doesn't make sense
[06:44] <mattwj2002> no worries
[06:44] <mattwj2002> okay
[06:44] <mattwj2002> lets says you build a web server
[06:46] <mattwj2002> but all of a sudden you find you need more power. If you had a cloud based web server, you could add more boxes to the cloud and have more processing power?
[06:46] <mattwj2002> or remove if necessary?
[06:46] <flaccid> sure
[06:46] <flaccid> you can scale vertically or horizontally
[06:46] <mattwj2002> nice :)
[06:47] <mattwj2002> what I meant about virtually is if they are in vmware or something similar
[06:47] <flaccid> yes, vmware does vcloud
[06:47] <mattwj2002> you could scale back
[06:47] <mattwj2002> nice
[06:47] <flaccid> thats an example cloud
[06:47] <mattwj2002> very cool *thumbs up*
[06:48] <flaccid> so you should read about what a private, public and hybrid cloud is
[06:48] <mattwj2002> :)
[06:48] <mattwj2002> it is similar to a cluster though
[06:48] <mattwj2002> but I see the differences now
[06:49] <flaccid> see also, grid computing
[06:50] <mattwj2002> okay
[06:50] <mattwj2002> well actually soon I should go to bed
[06:50] <mattwj2002> I am getting tired
[06:50] <mattwj2002> :-s
[06:59] <mattwj2002> good night
[06:59] <mattwj2002> bye
[13:26] <Sh4rma> hi
[13:26] <Sh4rma> alive?
[14:50] <Sh4rma> hi
[14:50] <Sh4rma> anyone runs loadbalancer with apache or http server ?