Yuan Meng: Ubuntu powers the public cloud of HP

To put it bluntly, HP's public cloud (PublicCloud) is built on the Ubuntu operating system. What is the significance of this? Yesterday, I said in my blog that Jobs' unfinished wish was to build a huge "Apple cloud" (that is, iCloud) controlled by Apple ), its hardware equipment and related software systems are made by Apple itself, which is a spectacular undertaking. Public cloud is also known as external cloud, which means to provide on-demand services to external third parties, so that

To put it bluntly, HP's Public Cloud is built on the Ubuntu operating system. What is the significance of this?

Yesterday, I said in my blog that Jobs' unfinished wish was to build a huge "Apple cloud" (that is, iCloud) controlled by Apple ), its hardware equipment and related software systems are made by Apple itself, which is a spectacular undertaking. Public Cloud is also called External Cloud, which means to provide on-demand services to External third parties and quickly deploy the Cloud computing capabilities required by customers. This fast deployment of cloud computing capabilities for customers is complicated and not a breeze. In short, there are millions of blade servers centrally "neatly deployed" in a large building, which is not easy to manage by several staff. This type of cloud computing center is an electric tiger, and the annual electricity cost is an astronomical number. If it is not done well, it will be called a loss for IDC enterprises.

Hewlett-Packard is a large company with over employees. It is the world's largest server manufacturer. HP's public cloud "center" is definitely not a small knock-on workshop, it must be a giant. On June 23, October 6, Ms. Jane Silber, Chief Executive Officer of Canonical, announced at the Openstack World Conference held in Boston that "HP has chosen the popular Ubuntu operating system to power their Public Cloud, HP chose an ordinary Ubuntu operating system to help its public cloud. The news spread around the world immediately, and cloud computing providers are so angry ".

Will HP be "fooled" when using Ubuntu to build its own public cloud center? There is such a person in China who is always jealous of Ubuntu, saying that it is a Community version. Why does the CEO of Canonical say: "HP has chosen the popular Ubuntu"?" The popular Ubuntu "isn't it The Community version of Ubuntu? We need to change our understanding of the Linux community edition ....... See Ubuntu Powers HP's Public Cloud.

Finally, Ms. Jane Silber, Chief Executive Officer of Canonical, proudly announced: "Ubuntu has been chosen to power one of the world's largest public cloud ", give a slap in the face to those who are skeptical about the Ubuntu community version.

Public cloud services are just getting started in China. However, in the near future, the leasing business of public cloud will certainly grow in China. Yesterday morning, a "Cloud boss" from Shenzhen gave me a "Cloud Terminal" (so-called "Cloud Terminal "), the size of this small black box is only 110mm x 110mm x 20mm. The brand of the product is "ubento". It is small and exquisite, and there is a power interface around it (and a power switch ), one network cable interface, one Video output, one SPK and MIC audio interfaces, three USB interfaces (two for mouse and keyboard usage), and three small working indicators on the panel, the power consumption is only 5 watts. I want to open it and check it out. However, I don't know where to start. At this moment, I am thinking, is such a little thing called "cloud terminal "? It's amazing. I think its official name should be "Thin Client" ("Thin Client"), which will be hung behind a common display, with the help of the LTSP server, access a large "cloud center" outside through a local LAN ",...... this kind of electronic product is used in an electronic classroom (or a collective office space) "absolutely amazing "! To this end, I lamented that the "Portal" of Shenzhen people doing business is indeed too refined.