hrefofficemanager wrote:

> Of course "cloud" is just a metaphor not a place.
>
> Not all public database servers run on virtual machines. Some are still physical machines and those often run database engines faster because there is no VMWare or VirtualBox overhead.
>
> Furthermore you can control the specification of a physical machine better than you can a virtual machine.

While I can understand the theory behind some aspects of 'The Cloud', I don't
see how it can work in the case of some of the 'real-time' applications that we
use Firebird for? The data needs to be in one physical location with a physical
processor talking to it? The idea that the raw data is floating around some
'virtual' storage mechanism just seems dangerous?

My own view of how it could potentially work is one where there is a 'cloud' of
data with a generic access method so I can ask the cloud who has information on
me and create a local clone of how to access that data. That data can be located
on a system anywhere, but surely there must be a static location that is storing
it? Even in the case of simple static website pages which can be 'served' from
virtual locations, there should be a physical static copy somewhere?

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