Sen, They aren't up to Hadoop complexity yet... but that would be a big win, long-term.
Right now they are at the level of complexity where they need 2-3 servers with a more user-friendly interface. -Eric -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Sen Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I see. The tasks I was involved in requires constantly spinning up AWS > cluster then after running the hadoop job, nuke them. So instead of > manually set up AMI, we wrote script to do the whole process using > EC2-tools: http://aws.amazon.com/developertools/351 > > It seems that you might just do the same. Instead of manually set up AMI, > use script to do the set up and then just run the script using the > company's EC2 account credentials. > > Best, > Sen > > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Eric Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sen, >> >> Since I didn't have much time in creating the AMI to begin with, it was >> looking like recreating it would be about the same effort as moving between >> regions. But I wanted to learn more about AWS. And copying AMIs between >> regions is necessary to setup cross-region fault tolerance. >> >> Ytastic does the copy in one click. I tried Cloudy Scripts ( >> https://cloudyscripts.com/tool/show/5) but it kept throwing an error. >> >> This particular application is fairly small. Traffic is measured in 10s >> of unique IPs per hour but it is processing-heavy. At most, it will be two >> or three instances in a VPC maybe with replication to a second region if a >> customer needs higher availability. They have been paying for full managed >> hosting on an under-powered VPS. They aren't big enough to warrant a >> full-time sysadmin. What I want to know is if anyone is using an add-on >> manager for AWS, like Ytastic, RightScale or scalr? >> >> -Eric >> >> -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- >> Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Sen Xu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This maybe a stupid question but, why not re-create the AMI using the >>> company's account? >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Eric Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I am helping a boutique geo company move their web architecture from a >>>> managed VPS to Amazon Web Services. Personally, I haven't done much more >>>> than set up test servers and play with Hadoop in AWS. Does anyone have >>>> general hints on tools, techniques and best practices? >>>> >>>> For instance, I just had to move an AMI from my personal account to the >>>> company account across AWS regions. Creating the AMI and sharing it was >>>> easy. Moving across regions was a total PITA. I ended up using Ylastic.com >>>> which is pretty cool but seems like overkill for this company's needs to >>>> pay for on-going. But the tech-fu level of the team is limited, so >>>> something like Ylastic may be a necessity. >>>> >>>> -Eric >>>> >>>> -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- >>>> Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Geowanking mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sen Xu >>> Ph.D Candidate >>> Department of Geography, GeoVISTA Center, 302 Walker Building >>> Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 >>> http://senxu.net >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Sen Xu > Ph.D Candidate > Department of Geography, GeoVISTA Center, 302 Walker Building > Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 > http://senxu.net > >
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