Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the point of how some people use or
recommend using EC2.  If the point is to have a website up and
available 24/7, isn't that requiring a 24/7 CPU from EC2?  When I've
run EC2 instances, I'm charged whether any traffic comes in or not
(and *also* charged for the traffic when it happens).

Good suggestion on the 'spot' request if you have processing that can
wait for a deal.

On Mar 12, 9:12 am, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote:
> No, your are correct and that is for a machine where a lot of CPU cycles
> will be stolen from you. When you run the 'top' command, look at the 'st'
> statistic. That shows the percentage of CPU your instance did not receive.
> Not a big deal as this is how VM's operate. I had a CPU intensive task
> though and had to go up to a big instance. I create a 'spot request' so that
> I can get the big machine for $0.12 per hour.
>
> If you need 100% on, then you would be better off getting a VPS from another
> provider. Be sure to compare similar offerings though. Read the fine print
> because some companies offers sound good, but then the bandwidth is low, or
> disk space is low, or some other gotcha.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:06 AM, mgkimsal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I can't seem to see a way to have a site hosted on ec2 for less than
> > $70/month, because it needs to be up running 24/7, and you're paying
> > for CPU time.  Am I looking in the wrong place?  For that price, a
> > small/medium VPS looks better imo.
>
> > 10 cents per hour = $2.40/day * 30 days = $72/month.
>
> > On Mar 11, 5:40 pm, shainnif ismail <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Or ec2 (the amazon clould )  which I have found very good
>
> > > thanks shaine
>
> > > On 11 Mar 2010 22:18, "Wayne Fay" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Will this be an issue? Or would I have to learn php or something
> > because
> > > > hosting it would be mor...
>
> > > Any reason you're not considering hosting it on Googe App Engine or a
> > > similar cheap/free service, or even your own home server over a
> > > high-speed line? Or if he's just going to be using it on one PC, you
> > > could even bundle it with an embedded Jetty/Tomcat and Hsqldb/Derby
> > > and pretend its a standard application. Or do a fat client with Java
> > > Web Start.
>
> > > Wayne
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