Servers as pets or cattle was 2012. Now it's McMansions or Hotels

Remember pets and cattle? CERN's 2012 metaphor to describe on-premises servers you name and care for lavishly versus virtualized cloud servers you never name, run in a herd and kill without a second's thought? Well the metaphor's evolved: VMware and Pivotal are now talking about "McMansions" and "hotels" to explain how they …

[Anonymous Coward]

Server Names

Yeah we do treat them like pets and kids.

Thats why I named my son SVR-SQL-LON-01 and my dog SVR-PROXY-NYC-01.

[Anonymous Coward]

The perils of thinking by metaphor

The first time I heard the "Pets or Cattle" comment, my reaction was "How many farmers does this person actually know?".

[Anonymous Coward]

Does that make Azure...

The Gates Motel...?

You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave

[quxinot]

Re: Does that make Azure...

^ Bates motel is probably more appropriate.

Though I gave a thumbs up for the idea. :D