Thanks Ali, this is just what I was looking for. I talked to my friend and he's not very comfortable with Linux. But we did find kickassvps, which does essentially the same thing (as far as I can tell) as Slicehost, only with Windows.
--------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Mesdaq, Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > I suggest going with virtualized hosting providers that give you root > access on the box and you can do whatever you want on it. The biggest name > would probably be amazon ec2 instances but there are several other places > like slicehost and similar. I have used amazon ec2 instances with R which is > very similar to Matlab from my understanding. You could get one ec2 instance > and set it up as your webserver + matlab processing machine or get two > instances and split up the work. There are some nuances you/they will run > into when working with ec2. If you need something super simple at first you > might want to go with slicehost type of hosting provider they make certain > things a little easier. Their assumption is you will be using the vm's for > web content related stuff and with amazon ec2 they don’t make any > assumptions about what you will be using the vm's for so there is a lot more > setup work. > > Thanks, > ------------------------------------------ > Ali Mesdaq (CISSP, GIAC-GREM) > Sr. Security Researcher > Websense Security Labs > http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com > ------------------------------------------ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 10:08 AM > To: hwg > Subject: [H] Question about a hosted server box running web services & > Matlab > > I have a friend who has developed a very cool Google Earth layer for > viewing > satellite orbits. The problem is, he's currently running it on his home > server which only has campus Wifi to connect to the world. Needless to > say, > I'm trying to find a more professional (and stable) way of hosting it. > > Normally I would go with a standard web hosting service like SquareSpace, > but this is a bit different. The layer displays images (specifically, > graphs of a satellite's orbit over time) which are calculated using a > custom > Matlab script. Every day, he downloads the tracking data and runs the > Matlab routine to generate the graphics. All told it's about 1 GB of data. > So if we just had a web server that hosted the images, he would still need > to ftp 1 GB of data from his personal computer to the web server every day > over a WiFi connection. Not ideal > > So, my question is - does anyone have experience with a company that can > provide a hosted box which will do web serving and can have Matlab > installed > and run custom C++ programs, all from a remote login? > > I know the ideal long-term solution is to build our own server and then > find > a home for it, but right now time is critical - ideally we'd like to have > something up and running as soon as possible. Funds are not really a > problem at this point (within a few thousand USD). > > Ideas? > > --------------------------- > Brian Weeden > Technical Advisor > Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> > +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada > +1 (202) 683-8534 US > > > To report this as spam, please forward to [email protected]. Thank you. > > > Protected by Websense Hosted Email Security -- www.websense.com >
