07-23-2011, 12:06 PM
The blog post discusses "inverse virtualization" where an application runs on numerous servers.
"The fact is, Facebook has implemented server virtualization at the application level. Many Servers to One Application. This is another form of server virtualization common in the massively scalable internet data center. Each cheap little low-power server is just an insignificant worker node in the grand scheme of things. I’ll refer to this as Inverse Virtualization."
http://bradhedlund.com/2011/03/16/invers...http://bradhedlund.com/2011/03/16/inverse-virtualization-for-internet-scale-app
"The fact is, Facebook has implemented server virtualization at the application level. Many Servers to One Application. This is another form of server virtualization common in the massively scalable internet data center. Each cheap little low-power server is just an insignificant worker node in the grand scheme of things. I’ll refer to this as Inverse Virtualization."
http://bradhedlund.com/2011/03/16/invers...http://bradhedlund.com/2011/03/16/inverse-virtualization-for-internet-scale-app