I'm fully aware of that and I think long term we will be looking at a Linux solution. The concern for right now is that neither he nor I has much experience using linux, and we need to get this running as soon as possible. Later, I think we will bring someone on board with Linux experience or he might be able to pick it up.
One quick question, since I've never used a VPS box/service. It's basically a remote computer that you have full control of, right? So you can use it to host a database, download data into that database, run Matlab and other programs to manipulate the database, and then also run a web server to provide that data to the world? Or is the web sever part a separate thing? --------------------------- 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 1:56 PM, Mesdaq, Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > If this is non production then windows works great. But if he wants any > reasonable level of stability then I would highly suggest going linux. > Matlab has a linux version and I am pretty sure his scripts would work > transparently on either platform. It's just with windows you have more > moving parts and you need to deal with things like security, patching, > crashes, etc. With these vm's your IP is totally open to the world unless > you buy the firewall services from the hosting provider. Just some things to > keep in mind. > > 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 10:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: hwg > Subject: Re: [H] Question about a hosted server box running web services & > Matlab > > 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 > > >
