Two months as opposed to 1 year free tier!
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Paul Saenz <forensicneoph...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry to hear that this company is reaming you like that, (sounds like > incompetence more than anything) but I'm surprised that anyone on this > list would even consider using that cloud service when AWS has such an > outstanding free tier. > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Michael Gorman <craterburns...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Just thought i'd let everyone know. They have already charged me for 62 >> dollars showing I'm using over 2 TB of bandwidth (not the case). Yesterday I >> couldn't get into their cloud management portal, it was gone from their >> site. Today i can get to it, but it doesn't show any instances running. I'm >> being charged and arm and leg for 1 days or non-use. Steer clear of this >> company. >> Michael Gorman >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Ann <a...@randrinc.com> wrote: >>> >>> thanks for the feedback >>> Ann Richmond >>> >>> Michael Gorman wrote: >>> >>> I have signed up for this to check it out as a competitor to Amazon and my >>> current service Rackspace Cloud. >>> Let me tell you, so far, this is VERY beta. The interface is pretty bare, >>> and upon creating an instance, It didn't provide any password. I tried >>> everything I could think of related to my account, but it turns out it is >>> randomly generated, and it didn't email or provide it to me via the >>> interface. I ended up having to shutdown the instance and use the password >>> reset function, which was greyed out while the instance was running. >>> They also don't have a robust option when creating instance, in either >>> instance size/power or templates. I expect these will come with time before >>> it is out of beta phases. It looks like it might be running proxmox as a >>> backend(speculation based on features available and presentation), which >>> anyone can setup at home if they're itching to set up their own on demand >>> cloud server or cluster, its very simple. >>> >>> The other thing is they don't provide an internal address for which you >>> can access other instances as of now. This is very critical if you're going >>> to be setting up a frontend/backend high availability environment, or even >>> just a frontend and database server, since you shouldn't be charged for any >>> data transfer between the two. They may handle this differently, maybe they >>> don't need to use a private address to accomplish this, however currently >>> they don't make this clear. >>> Michael Gorman >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Ann <a...@randrinc.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> In case anyone is interested, this is from one of the companies that was >>>> at scale >>>> Ann Richmond >>>> >>>> Thanks for stopping by our booth at the Southern California Linux Expo >>>> (SCALE) 9x. As a hosting provider, Codero was proud to have joined the >>>> distinguished list of companies who exhibited at SCALE. We're an innovator >>>> in solutions to help optimize infrastructure so it was good to connect with >>>> those who are looking for new alternatives. If you have not already signed >>>> up for our latest offering, here’s your chance: >>>> >>>> Free Cloud hosting exclusively for SCALE 9x participants. Sign up for >>>> Codero Cloud beta by March 13th and you will receive two months free Cloud. >>>> >>>> The Codero Cloud is especially well suited for sites that expect to grow >>>> rapidly and sites with cyclical traffic. You are invited to try the beta >>>> which is complete with 24/7/365 support and a 99.9% Uptime Guarantee. In >>>> addition, at Codero, there are no contracts, no obligations. >>>> >>>> Visit www.codero.com/SCALE9x to get free Cloud now and participate as a >>>> beta tester in helping us refine it. You can also learn more about our >>>> complete service offering by clicking the button below. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Shelby Garlock >>>> Director, Marketing >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ann Richmond >>>> ---------------- >>>> Randr Inc >>>> 951-369-3427 >>>> 951-787-8683 Fax >>>> www.randrinc.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ann Richmond >>> ---------------- >>> Randr Inc >>> 951-369-3427 >>> 951-787-8683 Fax >>> www.randrinc.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
