EC2 also has a lot other usage than hosting a web site. You can use it for scientific computing, video transcoding, data mining and etc.
On Nov 4, 1:39 pm, sal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Point taken, in the scenario that you might have to make your own > image, possibly... > > But assume that someone signs up for EC2, and just chooses an existing > image with Python in it. Really there isn't much cooking involved > correct? You should have a working server up pretty quickly... > > (a few other considerations: within GAE your serverside RAM can be > invalidated at-random, as well as the memcache... and we're limited to > using a sortof limited Datastore, rather than the full RDBMS you could > have in an EC2 image) Maybe a bit like a free dinner without a fork? > =) > > On Nov 4, 1:19 pm, yejun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
