One of Google's most advanced data center systems behaves more like a living thing than a tightly controlled provisioning system. This has huge implications for how large clusters of IT resources are going to be managed in the future.I have personally witnessed networks becoming self synchronizing since about 1987 or so. It's alive!
"Emergent" behaviors have been appearing in prototypes of Google's Omega cluster management and application scheduling technology since its inception, and similar behaviors are regularly glimpsed in its "Borg" predecessor, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to The Register.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
I wonder if the Project Leader's name is Igor
If not, it should be:
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When it starts telling jokes, name it "Mike."
This little bit in the wrap-up caught my eye:
"...in doing so has figured out a way to turn the randomness and confusion that lurks deep within any large sophisticated data center from a barely seen cloud-downing beast into an asset that focuses apps to be stronger, healthier, and more productive."
Talk about "if you can't fix it, feature it." They can't control their network so their clients have to build more robust applications to withstand the uncertainty, then they take credit for the improvements.
That's a born politician right there.
Whatever you do, don't give that network access to strategic weapons.
Nothing good will come of it.
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