I noticed, at least for here in Austin TX that it is actually faster than the old host.
-Thadeus On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:01 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > Comparing apples to apples is different. Mostly I am playing with EC2 > and this is not a definitive decision. > > It is true that normal shared hosting is much cheaper but I want > access to the apache config file. > > So I compared pricing of EC2 with some VPS hosting and I found it > similar. I need a single instance. As far as I understand Amazon will > charge a fixed amount for the server (0.085/hour * 24hours/month * > 30months) + somthing for EBS and something for traffic. I cannot > really quantify those numbers so I ma hoping this experiment will help > me understand. > > The current web2py.com is hosted on a virtual machine running on one > core of a 8 cores power mac in my office. It is a university so we > have very high speed networks. Everybody seems to complain that the > amazon network is slow. > > Massimo > > On Feb 5, 2:37 pm, Pystar <aitoehi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Massimo, >> I am really interested in the costs implications of hosting the web2py >> website on EC2, since you will be billed by computing hours. Wouldn't >> a host like Slicehost or Linode have made most sense economically? or >> is there a hidden advantage that you have discovered? Also, I am >> browsing the site from Lagos, Nigeria and found out that the web2py >> website on EC2 tends to load rather slower than the one on the old >> host, why is that? >> Thanks Pystar. >> >> On Feb 5, 7:46 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> >> > I am considering moving web2py hosting to EC2. >> >> > I have set it up here: >> >> >http://ec2-75-101-229-191.compute-1.amazonaws.com/http://ec2-75-101-2... >> >> > Can you please try before I change the DNS? >> >> > I am also writing instructions on how to post on EC2. Will be done >> > soon. >> >> > Massimo >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
