UC Berkeley Lab Examines Cloud Computing Obstacles

alphadogg writes "UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles. 'We argue that the construction and operation of extremely large-scale, commodity-computer data centers at low-cost locations was the key necessary enabler of Cloud Computing,' The paper outlines 10 obstacles to cloud computing [PDF]."

Hmm.

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Where is Aristophanes when you need him?

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What happens if it rains?

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What happens if it rains?

All of your data comes down in binary and you have to reassemble it using pen and paper.