I have used AWS on and off for a few years. I even built a production web host environment in AWS for a startup last year and I think they're still using it happily.
My experience is very positive. Highly recommended. What I like about it is you have pretty good control of everything from the OS up. Of course this has a downside in that you also have responsibility for everything from the OS up. There is no equivalent of a shared hosting service (well actually it's *all* shared - but the minimum unit is pretty chunky). With AWS you rent an entire (virtual) host. Last time I did the calculation (about a year ago) - one instance costs about $140/month full time which is not exactly cheap. So the "1 year free" is a really good deal if you qualify. Regards, Saul On 14 January 2011 05:40, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > I get the monthly Amazon Web Services (AWS) newsletter and noticed the > prices have been decreasing over time. And they now have a free 1-year > offer letting you find out if its a good fit. > > This led me to look for a book -- and sitepoint, a good tech publisher, had > one: > http://www.amazon.com/Host-Your-Web-Site-Cloud/dp/0980576830/ > And I found that they had recently migrated their entire IT department to > AWS! > http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2010/11/11/sitepoint-migrates-to-amazon-ec2/ > > And remember Dropbox? Its entirely AWS. > > Hmm.. maybe SFX might use AWS for projects that require web programming. > Not the website etc, but projects that need a hosting service. And it > would be free for the first year, apparently! Node.js runs on AWS: > http://goo.gl/fDRr1 .. apparently an ubuntu based instance. > > So a question: Are any of us using AWS? How's it working out? What's the > cheapest equivalent of a "shared hosting service"? > > -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Saul Caganoff Enterprise IT Architect Mobile: +61 410 430 809 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scaganoff
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