What about Zetta for storage? http://www.zetta.net/
I'm giving them some serious consideration for our offsite backup storage repository. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote: > Ya, that’s not bad, factoring in space, cooling and power. We were > looking more at the storage costs tho, and the associated bandwidth charge > getting the data in and out. I think it was that xfer cost that was gonna > hurt us. > > > > We may need to revisit… thanks for that. > > > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* John Cook [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:03 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Cloud computing... your opinions > > > > I was talking to Steve Riley last week (he’s working foe Amazon these days) > and he quoted me 12 cents an hour for a basic server on Amazon Web Services > – around $1000 a year. He also wasn’t saying much about S3 indicating AWS > was the direction they were heading for the long haul. Pretty secure setup > (not that I’m able to use them at this time) and well thought out. 1K a year > is pretty cheap for Windows server……. > > > > *John W. Cook* > > *Systems Administrator* > > *Partnership For Strong Families* > > *315 SE 2nd Ave* > > *Gainesville, Fl 32601* > > *Office (352) 393-2741 x320* > > *Cell (352) 215-6944* > > *Fax (352) 393-2746* > > *MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4* > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:58 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Cloud computing... your opinions > > > > We looked at S3 pricing for a small startup I’m involved with, and it > actually seemed rather expensive compared to some competing models. > Admittedly we were looking at storing long-form video, so perhaps our > requirements were the more significant problem. > > > > So are you using CloudFront as an object store for… web apps? End user > access stuff? > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Adam Meixler [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:41 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Cloud computing... your opinions > > > > Yup. We love S3 and CloudFront. > > > > Though we admittedly don’t have numbers to prove CloudFront’s effectiveness > S3 is brilliant for simple and cheap on line storage of assets, like jpgs or > pdfs, for a website. > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:31 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Cloud computing... your opinions > > > > Very cool. > > > > Are you using S3 too? > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Adam Meixler [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:27 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Cloud computing... your opinions > > > > There of course business concerns with cloud computing such as reliability, > security, and cost however after having spent significant time with EC2 and > goGrid over the last 6 months there are also very many drawbacks to each way > of implementing a cloud. > > > > Examples such as, EC2 instances always have dynamic IPs. This is fine most > of the time but when one of your AD’s DNS instances restarts and is assigned > a new private IP address you do have a bit of work on your hands (I have > hopes of working around this with VPC but haven’t found the time). GoGrid > doesn’t have a perimeter firewall and instead depends upon the windows > firewall to secure each instance. You can create a centOS gateway to act as > your firewall but are now adding more complexity. > > > > Also, if you do find yourself in EC2 plan your security groups well! > Membership can’t be changed once an instance is started, though an instance > may belong to any number of groups > > > > You will find other limitations as you deploy into the cloud, most of which > can be gotten around with a little extra elbow grease and scripting. > > > > We currently are going hybrid with a private cloud as the central site and > cloud sites in supporting rules tied together through CentOS openVPN > instances. Is it pretty? No. Is it cheaper than multiple DR sites? > Absolutely! > > > > *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:05 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Cloud computing... your opinions > > > > We're working on cloud computing initiatives (like everyone), and I'm also > doing a fair amount of research into the area. (Of course, the whole idea > of "cloud computing" is itself fairly silly, when it's just a renaming of > the concept of a network-connected computer. But whatever, it's the hot > topic.) > > > > There are areas where it makes sense, such as email filtering. Web > filtering, well maybe not so much. CRM (like SalesForce.com), makes sense. > > > > > I'm curious -- what are your thoughts on cloud computing? What might be > the security questions you would ask your cloud computing vendors? What > irks you about it? What is good about it? > > > > > > Alex > > > > Alex Eckelberry, CEO > Sunbelt Software > 33 N. 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