By now, you should have some idea of what an SOE is, and how it brings economies of scale and greater efficiency to a Linux environment. Now, let's build on that and look in more detail at an example of the importance of standardization.
Exploring SOE benefits
Example benefits of an SOE in a Linux environment
To say that there are commonalities in a Linux environment is to say that the servers that comprise it all share attributes and features. For example, they might all be built upon Ubuntu Linux, or they might all have Apache as their web server.
We can explore this concept with an example. Suppose that you have 10 Linux web servers behind a load balancer and that they are all serving simple static content. Everything...
