Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-22 Thread Lisa Kachold
Here's a good list of cloud providers: http://www.cio.com.au/article/374190/5_open_source_cloud_computing_projects_watch/ Of these, I have implemented Ganeti and Citrix Xenserver and Ubuntu cloud. Each has it's own utilization (comparison is like apples and oranges). Sheepdog looks interesting,

Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-22 Thread Ted Gould
On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 23:10 -0700, Vimal Shah wrote: > Will having dev and test as in-house servers run the risk of having a > live server that is not ~100% identical? Keeping all environments > virtual seems to be a sure fire (not to mention expensive) way to make > sure that all environments are

Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-22 Thread Lisa Kachold
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Vimal Shah wrote: > Will having dev and test as in-house servers run the risk of having a live > server that is not ~100% identical? Keeping all environments virtual seems > to be a sure fire (not to mention expensive) way to make sure that all > environments ar

Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-21 Thread Vimal Shah
Will having dev and test as in-house servers run the risk of having a live server that is not ~100% identical? Keeping all environments virtual seems to be a sure fire (not to mention expensive) way to make sure that all environments are as close to identical as possible. Is this overkill? On Th

Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-21 Thread Bryan O'Neal
If your really good you can work magic at $5 per instance per month. But that requires some actual planning. But after that it does make things easy to expand. Personally I would go for horizontal scaling options from commodity providers. Maybe mix in some spare office equipment for dev and test a

Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-21 Thread Ted Gould
On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 01:38 +, Ariel Gold wrote: > Private Cloud? Commodity hosting provider? > > So you're saying Amazon and Linode are public clouds, and recommending > he setup a private cloud for less than $100/mo? That means he's paying > and managing his own hardware and setting up an a

Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-21 Thread Ariel Gold
Private Cloud? Commodity hosting provider? So you're saying Amazon and Linode are public clouds, and recommending he setup a private cloud for less than $100/mo? That means he's paying and managing his own hardware and setting up an automated virtualization system? And the $100/month would be for

Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-21 Thread Bryan O'Neal
It all depends on your desired service level vs desired expense rate vs brain trust. I would probably set up a private cloud on a commodity hosting provider for less than a hundred a month but what you have expressed can also be done with any solution you want. On 4/20/11, Vimal Shah wrote: > Hel

Re: Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-21 Thread Ted Gould
On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 19:58 -0700, Vimal Shah wrote: > -Our Linux/Sys Admin knowledge is limited and rudimentary > -Since our launch we've had over 2000 students join and the user base > is growing daily. > -Software development has 3 server environments; development, stage > and live. > -Linode of

Amazon vs Linode

2011-04-20 Thread Vimal Shah
Hello PLUG, It was a pleasure meeting some of you the other day at Pita Jungle. Our application uses Flash and is database heavy. We are currently trying to decide which cloud hosting provider to go with, Amazon or Linode. This link does a great comparison. http://www.slideshare.net/mpeters/cloud