[X4U] How big is a DVD really? -> www-prefix

[Robert Ameeti]

At 10:41 PM +0100, 11/22/06, B. Kuestner wrote:

>The server name before the domain was conceived before there were 
>clusters, with the idea of specifically targeting one machine. The 
>whole concept is obsolete by now due to the developments in 
>technology with clusters of servers serving one domain. But the 
>server abbreviation has still survived.

The whole concept is in no way obsolete. Clusters of servers don't 
change anything about the way that this system works. The system is 
still a very wonderful design that allows for distribution of 
responsibilities and equipment across multiple persons or 
geographical areas.

ie. I can have the Science department take responsibility for their 
stuff by their using http://science.harvard.edu and the Math 
department take responsibility for their stuff by their using 
http://math.harvard.edu each on their own servers.

This scheme can distribute to different people or divisions of a 
company. Or it can distribute amongst multiple computers at one 
location. The system is very much in use.
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Robert Ameeti

There's always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.
~ Henry Louis Mencken
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