| 26 | | The Emulab software stack that powers DETER predates the 'Cloud' buzzword by about a decade. Although we support a virtualization overlay through [http://containers.deterlab.net DETER Containers], we are really about handing researchers physical machines and physical networks. At DETER we tend to purchase low end, single CPU server class machines. Things like advanced remote management, redundant power supplies, and over engineered hardware are best left to the core servers described above. If you have a choice between doing 16 entry level machines or 4 over powered nodes, we currently recommend going for quantity. |
| | 26 | The Emulab software stack that powers DETER predates the 'Cloud' buzzword by about a decade. Although we support a virtualization overlay through [http://containers.deterlab.net DETER Containers], we are really about handing researchers physical machines and physical networks. At DETER we tend to purchase low end, single CPU server class machines. Things like advanced remote management, redundant power supplies, and over engineered hardware are best left to the infrastructure machines described above. If you have a choice between doing 16 entry level machines or 4 over powered nodes, we currently recommend going for quantity. |
