#313: "pets vs. cattle" cloud computing illustration
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Reporter: mattdm | Owner: nobody
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: major | Component: Other Artwork
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This is a key metaphor for the distinction between a traditional server
and the way system images are treated in cloud computing. This comes up a
lot in slides for Fedora talks recently (especially as we talk about
Fedora Cloud and Fedora Server products). It's common to reference slides
like this one from CERN
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/18/servers_pets_or_cattle_cern/.
However, the licenses for that slide and its images are unclear, as is the
case with most things that come up in searches. Additionally, while I love
the internet cat meme as much as anyone else, it'd be nice to have
something that seemed as home in _slighly_ more formal documentation as it
does in a slide deck.
If the illustration could also reflect the difference in treatment, that
would be awesome. (Pets are named, individually cared for, and highly
valued; cattle are numbered, and treated as interchangeable and
replaceable.)
Thanks!
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