So the base image is the actual OS? So you are managing it as the admin? I decided to try WOlastic. I configured the instances, setup up mysql with my users and sync'd the database from existing production to amazon. So you are suggesting RDS vs. what I just did? What are the benefits of RDS? Amazon backs up the mysql I created.
Now I am a bit stumped on WebServerResources. How are you handling that? Well, if this works well, I can my webobject apps over and then just sell my server and drop the colo. - James On Jul 27, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Simon wrote: > rolling your own is surprisingly easy if you start with a base image. we > started out with a vanilla centos image from rightscale, and have built it up > into what we needed from there. you can then create an ebs-backed ami in a > couple of clicks. > > re pricing, it all depends on what you need. our financial models tell us for > our deployment is excellent value for money, and we can scale well beyond our > current needs and it remains as such. use the cost aws calculator to figure > out your own costs, and remember to factor in staff costs in your decision > making process. those DBA's are darn expensive compared to RDS :-) > > http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html > > the only performance issue we found is that it is basically impossible to > host your DB outside of amazon due to latency. but you don't have to use RDS > - if you like sticking needles in your eyes you can just run and look after > your own mysql / postgre / mssql / whatever on an ec2 instance. > > the general performance of our apps has also vastly improved. a mixture of > using more computing power and amazon having much faster internet transit > than we were paying for in our previous co-lo. > > alongside production we also run our staging servers and our hudson build > server on ec2. in productivity terms running hudson there was a huge leap > forward: previously a new build would take around 30 minutes to upload to > staging / production. now it takes 19 seconds flat :-) > > we're shortly going to move our subversion repository to ec2 as well. > > Simon > > On 27 July 2010 15:13, James Cicenia <ja...@jimijon.com> wrote: > This is very cool. > > I need to move one of my servers, or, use the cloud approach for its WOApps. > I see you rolled your own but wolastic seems like it is for a mere mortal. > > Anyone use wolastic? What is the pricing your are seeing? Issues? > Performances? Etc. > > Thanks. > James Cicenia > > > > On Jul 26, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Simon wrote: > >> we don't use the wolastic images (we have our own) but we do deploy entirely >> on the amazon ec2 cloud now. ec2 instances running standard javamonitor / >> wotaskd, amazon RDS for database server, s3 for file storage etc. >> scalability on demand, load balancing, redundancy across multiple >> availability zones. it's the best thing since sliced bread... >> >> our staging servers (also on ec2) run wonders javamonitor / wotasd and hence >> we'll probably upgrade our production servers to those soon. >> >> simon >> >> On 26 July 2010 21:36, Ramsey Gurley <ram...@xeotech.com> wrote: >> I haven't tried it yet, but WOlastic looks like a *really* cool deployment >> solution for WO. >> >> http://wolastic.com/ >> >> Ramsey >> >> >> On Jul 26, 2010, at 4:27 PM, Ken Anderson wrote: >> >> Thanks for the thoughts guys! >> >> Ken >> >> On Jul 26, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: >> >> >> Le 2010-07-26 à 12:55, Chuck Hill a écrit : >> >> On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Ken Anderson wrote: >> >> I've been asked to comment on the best way to deploy WebObjects today >> without any "imposed" restrictions. I haven't done any new deployments in a >> long while, so I'm likely not up to date on the last. What are people using >> today, and why do they think it's the best? >> >> Thanks much! >> Ken >> >> Lacking imposed restrictions (e.g. must run in J2EE container), traditional >> WO deployment through Apache with mod_webobjects is probably the way to go. >> Anjo was working on mod_proxy deployment, but I don't recall how far he got >> or if he has this in production. It looked promising. There is also a Fast >> CGI adaptor and Ravi is working on something for WOWODC. >> >> I'm adding some mods in JavaMonitor too (for WOWODC) and Andrew Lindesay >> also have stuff in LEWOStuff to use mod_proxy_ajp. >> >> >> >> ---- >> Pascal Robert >> prob...@macti.ca >> >> AIM: MacTICanada >> Twitter : MacTICanada >> LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/in/macti >> WO Community profile : http://wocommunity.org/page/member?name=probert >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/ramsey%40xeotech.com >> >> This email sent to ram...@xeotech.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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