Check out rackspace cloud. The minimum is 10 /month
-- Larry Price http://industrialintellect.com On Dec 10, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Horst <[email protected]> wrote: > For a test project I want to rent some space in the cloud (webserver and a > small DB). Concerning the resources I need for testing, I could do it all on > a > laptop, but I like to get as close as possible to the real thing. So a place > in the cloud is a given. Period. > > For testing, a pay-per-hour seems to be the most economic solution. > Amazon is probably the most mature system, but not the cheapest. However, > telling from web discussions, like > http://serverfault.com/questions/126354/amazon-cloud-vs-rackspace-cloud , it > appears that EC2 is the only one that can *really* suspend a server. With that > in mind, it could be actually the most cost effective since I can suspend it > when not needed. With other providers, to take advantage of the pay-per-hour, > you have to kill your server and set it up again when needed -- if I am not > mistaken. > > It also seems like EC2 provides the best elasticity when needed later on. > > Q: > == > Does any of the above make sense? > Any other suggestions, or potential pit-falls for the first-timer? > > -------------------------------------------- > > It also looks like EC2 has the rich bundle of pre-configured images: > http://aws.amazon.com/amis > Actually more than most people can handle. > > Q: > == > Any pro/con feedback on any of the images listed ? --Linux, of course :-) > > Thanks for reading it all :-) .................Horst > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
