the preso is more on how to than what it is. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > I haven't seen the preso Larry mentioned, but there are some great ones out > there. I'd take a look at the suite of products that Amazon offers beyond > just "a server in cyberspace". > > http://aws.amazon.com/products/ > > Also - it's worth mentioning that AWS's EC2 (the virtual server product) > has a FREE level for both Linux and (recently) Windows servers. The free > level is a pretty small instance size so I wouldn't count on actually > hosting too much serious stuff on it, but it's a great way to get your feet > wet learning how it all works. > > Most of AWS is pay as you go kinda stuff, measured by hours used, IO, or > bandwidth/storage space. It's pretty cheap to play with if you are just > messing around, testing, etc. Like less than a dollar a day kinda cheap if > you are just running an instance a few hours to test and play with it and > shutting it down when you are done with it. Longer term hosting tends to > add more costs, and Amazon has a calculator to help you figure out how much > it would be. Don't worry too much about that at first though - just get in > there and play, it's only going to be a few dollars. Just remember to shut > the instance down when you are done with it so you aren't paying for it > when you aren't using it. > > You can even spin up the equivalent of a HUGE multiprocessor machine with > gobs of RAM for an hour or two for testing and then shut it down, only > paying for the few hours you used it. It's kinda fantastic that way. > > I've found it to be pretty cool once you figure everything out with > terminology and how it all works, which does take a bit of reading to > really understand (or maybe Larry's preso is enough). There are lots of > services you can layer on top of AWS too. I even have an iPhone app that > will let me start/stop/restart instances from my phone. > > -Cameron > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Scott Raley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What is AWS ? Someone has asked me to investigate setting up a >> cloud environment to allow users to register and connect to demo software. > > > -- > Cameron Childress > -- > p: 678.637.5072 > im: cameroncf > facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cameroncf> | > twitter<http://twitter.com/cameronc> | > google+ <https://profiles.google.com/u/0/117829379451708140985> > > >
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