[Info-vax] Where to locate software

[David Froble]

lawrencedo99 at gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 2:05:05 PM UTC+12, Kerry Main wrote:
>> However, I would argue shared nothing architectures (Windows, Linux, 
>> UNIX) in distributed db's require much more up front planning because 
>> how you split up your Apps servers and especially data is critical. If hot 
>> spots occur due to unexpected loads in a few areas, then it becomes very 
>> difficult to address because you either increase that specific server size 
>> (and its designated backup) or re-partition the data or provide error 
>> messages to the client - the proverbial "server busy - please try later".
> 
> Cluster filesystems, map-reduce, all that kind of thing. There was an article from a few years ago, from when Google only ran about 460,000 physical servers, about how they manage it all.
> 
> Does your «insert name of favourite proprietary product here» scale to that level?

Google is not going to be purchasing hardware from anyone, they build their own. 
  This sort of implies they would never be a customer.  So, why attempt to build 
something they could use.

It's one company.  VMS needs to be usable by many companies, and entities.

My favorite proprietary product scales quite well.  Have never had a capacity 
problem.

I really don't feel your question is meaningful.  How many Googles are there, or 
will there be?