One annoyance (about EC2, at least) is the fact you can't spin up a Windows 7 client image because of the licensing. This is something even Amazon Workspaces wouldn't solve as they run on RDS. I wonder if you can do Windows client OS on Azure?
Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-) -----Original Message----- From: "Andrew S. Baker" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected]: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 12:32:01 To: ntsysadm<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Home labs on hosted services I can see that Amazon would be good for periodic and occasional testing, but I have to admit that I have no idea what that would look like on a home network. :) I've been doing the 24x7 thing for well over a decade at this point. LOL *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…* On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:14 PM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > I generally turn my stuff on "as needed", which means it does come into > the viable range for me. I definitely wouldn't be looking at this model if > I still had my AD DC and DataNow appliance running 24/7, I agree it's no > good for those who want things running permanently. > > > On 2 December 2013 17:10, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've thought about it on several occasions, but it hasn't worked out as a >> cost effective option for my use cases. >> >> I have two VM host servers, 6TB of iSCSI SAN storage, 8 full-time VMs, >> and 4-8 other VMs that get created for testing, etc. >> >> Backups are scripted, so I don't have to think about it a whole lot >> beyond looking at my logs, and I have no other ongoing costs but >> electricity (which I would have to some degree anyway). >> >> My last hardware failure (in 2009) is what led me to to double up the VM >> host servers, so now I could run all my critical VMs on just one of the >> hosts, if necessary. >> >> I cannot see a scenario that will trump that flexibility for me, >> especially now that my broadband speeds are back in the 4-6mbps range (down >> from 20-25mbps range) >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> >> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) >> for the SMB market…* >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:53 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I am thinking of migrating my home lab "to the cloud" and was wondering >>> if anyone has done so. I've been looking at Amazon and Azure - Amazon have >>> more in the way of "free" micro-instances to get you up and running, but >>> Azure seems a helluva lot cheaper overall. Has anyone gone this route (or >>> similar)? I am sick and tired of doing backups of VMs and data, being >>> crippled by hardware failures, spending lots of time maintaining the lab >>> itself, etc. and was wondering if anyone has any pointers to share around >>> possible migration to an online service? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *James Rankin* >>> Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) >>> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >>> >> >> > > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >
