Hi, Anyone having any other reference to GAE/EC2 comparison or other literature please share as I am working on a comparison assignment for these two for my course project. Thanks. regards, Ijaz
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Vikas Hazrati <[email protected]> wrote: > You might also want to check out a detailed comparison on technical > aspects here > > > http://thoughts.inphina.com/2010/11/01/comparing-google-app-engine-and-amazon-ec2-on-technology/ > > Regards | Vikas > > On Nov 9, 9:32 am, Didier Durand <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi JY, > > > > I have used both: for a small company aiming at big applications, I > > would definitely go GAE because it's PaaS: you don't have to deal with > > the infrastructure which can become quite time consuming when your > > application gets big if on EC2 (you have to update/patch your images, > > take care of your scaling, etc.). It's probably not what you want to > > spend time on at start with limited resource. > > > > On the other side, GAE has of course limitations / restrictions: Java- > > only, datastore specific architecture, etc. > > > > To reassure you, (a) the code of GAE is open source (did not check if > > 100%) and (b) some people are trying to replicate the system in an > > independent fashion to provide alternatives: check out the AppScale > > project athttp:// > googleappengine.blogspot.com/2010/10/research-project-appscale... > > > > regards > > didier > > > > On Nov 9, 2:59 am, JY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I want to ask fellow GAE users whether you think GAE is good choice to > > > build real business on? > > > I have used GAE for some personal projects, and right now help a > > > friend on a tiny start up (but with big dream). The project is related > > > to social network - I am thinking of two options: > > > 1, GAE > > > The benefits are obvious. However, it is also locking you in....you > > > don't have much control over it. If you are unhappy later, you will > > > have to redo the persistence layer and migrate data etc. > > > 2, EC2 > > > You have much more control, and if the start-up gets funding, it is > > > easy to migrate to dedicated hosting or even its own data center. The > > > down side is developer (me, and only me) will have to spend quite some > > > time to take care of the infrastructure (although I like this kind of > > > work...) > > > > > I think my biggest concern of GAE is over the quality of service, and > > > the data-store - if I go EC2, I probably will use a NoSQL solution > > > like MogoDb, or Cassandra. The development efforts might be similar - > > > all products are sort of young, hot, and limited. > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > JY > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine-java%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
