I feel this comparison is similar to raw meat vs cooked dinner.
On Nov 4, 12:31 pm, sal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just curious to hear some opinions on this - especially from anyone
> who has experience with Amazon's EC2 as well as GAE.
>
> I just read a blog saying you can be up and running with EC2's
> cheapest offering with no upfront cost and 79$ a month. You get a
> 'real' virtualized Linux machine with 1.7GB of ram. And by clicking a
> button (there are free graphical admin tools now), as many more
> instances/images as you need will pop up instantly using a system
> image that you create to handle whatever load you have. (Your bill
> goes just up as you click into more resources).
>
> There are loads of 'public' images to pick from, some include Python
> already. (Others have Java, PHP, etc). By choosing one of these
> images you'll have Python running, with full root access to a server
> online that you can do whatever you like with. I guess technically,
> someone could just put the GAE SDK up on an EC2 box, with some tweaks,
> and you could almost have your GAE app running there unmodified as
> well?
>
> I'm using GAE because of the zero, upfront cost currently... this is
> great for toying around with neat ideas - but for 'real world',
> demanding applications... you'll eventually have to pay even for GAE.
> What do we have offered that something like EC2 doesn't?
>
> Google has announced another language coming in a few months - but
> again EC2 allows to use whichever is installed in your machine image
> already - any language you can use in linux I suppose... not sure if
> its enough to keep me onboard once my app goes over its quotas and I
> have to start to pay for more.
>
> looking forward to hear thoughts!
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