[HLUG] Just been playing with Amazon EC2

[Malcolm Herbert]

On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 09:44 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Quoting Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I've just been playing with Amazon's EC2, https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ ie
> > Cloud Computing - really not too difficult to get into at all.
> >
> > Well worth it if you need a web based server in a hurry
> >
> > There's a good little feature about this in latest Linux magazine.
> 
> Just be aware of the cost issues, I worked out that it would cost  
> around $62 per month for a basic VPS with nothing running on it.
> 
> There are many other companies out there with Instant setup that will  
> give you a VPS for much less than that... :)

Linode now host in Docklands and come in around $19.00 a month. I'm
running F10, but plenty of options

EC2 is good for those wanting emerging cloud like functionality, with
burst/elastic capacities

Malc

> 
> M.


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