Hi, I just came across this thread from back in Aug about Amazon's cloud. I'd like to add that I have been a satisfied customer of Amazon for over a year, using their services for both consulting at at my current job where we use it to run our SaaS offering. The capabilities keep improving and the prices keep coming down. Their lowest end server is now just 2 cents an hour!
There are some issues with the IO, but it is certainly adequate for all but high performance needs. We use 8 way stripped disks and get about 100 MBp/s sequential reads. If anyone wants more details, I'll be happy to share with you. -tom On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Gadi Cohen <dra...@wastelands.net> wrote: > On 12/08/2010 00:00, Maxim Veksler wrote: > > Are you familiar with EC2 cc1.4xlarge instance type ? > > > > http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/ > > Not really... I did have a look around there a while back, but it just > seemed overly complicated. I like paying a flat rate and knowing > exactly what I get, especially since it's more than enough power for me > for the next little while. Also with 16 cores can I quite easily divide > my work into nice little VMs (xen-based), which I believe (but am not > sure) that I could migrate to the cloud at a later stage. > > It says bandwidth is free until November... then what? > > Or more importantly... assuming you are in fact a proud owner of an > xlarge instance, please share your use case and experiences with us :) > > Gadi > > -- > > Gadi Cohen aka Kinslayer <dra...@wastelands.net> www.wastelands.net > Freelance admin/coding/design HABONIM DROR linux/fantasy enthusiast > KeyID 0x93F26EF5: 256A 1FC7 AA2B 6A8F 1D9B 6A5A 4403 F34B 93F2 6EF5 > > / / > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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