[HLUG] Just been playing with Amazon EC2

[Malcolm Herbert]

On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 13:10 +0100, Julian Robbins wrote:
> On 14 July 2010 09:56, Malcolm Herbert <mherbert at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > 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
> >
> 
> 
> Yes good points. I also once used Slicehost which I quite liked, but believe
> its been bought out now.
> 
> Still, EC2 is great for getting up and running quickly, and scaling.
> 
> Also, I was somewhat surprised to be able to use Windows Servers, including
> SQL, I guess the Licence fee is included. Useful if you need to do a quick
> win server job, and dont really want to buy a full licence ..


similarly you can get support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on
EC2, by the hour. All the softwares vendors have to create new models
for licensing and support.

Malc

> 
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