On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Be careful before going with EC2 micro instance. It's not meant to use > with sustained processing. It's not a good idea to run website on it. > It's rather meant for running applications that need processing power > in bursts. Micro instance is not allocated dedicated processing, it > only gets whatever extra is available. So you get spikes in processing > only when available, read > > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts_micro_instances.html#available-cpu-resources-during-spikes yes, technically, micro instances are less reliable than others - but I'd say use it as a blessing in disguise to build an application that is independent of the underlying infrastructure. So we might as well learn to dance on a shaky floor so that we can dance really well on firmer grounds. ;) Another step in the same direction: Use Spot instances (which are even less reliable) where you can get a machine for as less as Rs.0.25 per hour. But the key is in building stateless systems. Cheers, -Suraj -- Career Gear - Industry Driven Talent Factory http://careergear.in/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
