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24-09-2007, 21:40
PayPal runs thousands of Linux-based, single-rack-unit servers, which host the company's Web-presentation layer, middleware and user interface. Thompson says he quickly saw the economic, operational and development advantages of open source and Linux technology. He now sees no other way to do it.
"When you're buying lots of big iron, as I did in other places I've worked, your upgrade path is $2 million, $3 million at a clip. You just had to buy big chunks of stuff to scale," he says. "Here at PayPal, our upgrade path is 10 $1,000 no-name servers, slapped into the mid-tier of the platform. And we just keep scaling it that way. It's unbelievably cost-effective."
@ Techworld.com (http://www.techworld.com/opsys/features/index.cfm?featureid=3672&pagtype=samechan)
Bem, aquele bold deixou-me mesmo...
Já agora, leiam o resto do artigo, muito engraçado :)
"When you're buying lots of big iron, as I did in other places I've worked, your upgrade path is $2 million, $3 million at a clip. You just had to buy big chunks of stuff to scale," he says. "Here at PayPal, our upgrade path is 10 $1,000 no-name servers, slapped into the mid-tier of the platform. And we just keep scaling it that way. It's unbelievably cost-effective."
@ Techworld.com (http://www.techworld.com/opsys/features/index.cfm?featureid=3672&pagtype=samechan)
Bem, aquele bold deixou-me mesmo...
Já agora, leiam o resto do artigo, muito engraçado :)