Thanks for the info bro. Bro,
Can they load OS images in OVF format so we can load own prepare image like TurnkeyLinux http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Virtualization_Format On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Raja Iskandar Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > wokay. met up with the skalicloud people > > quick responses: > > trial can be extended for real developers up to 14 days - sign up for the 5 > day trial, then contact customer care asking to extend > technology used is actually partner's from the uk (i suspect openhosting coz > some of the sales phrases are similar) > skalicloud is positioned as infrastructure as a service (i see it as like > renting a dedicated server but with the ability to scale the server elastic) > the web interface is somewhat comparable to virtualbox, but setting up a > ubuntu 10.04 64bit is very fast (less than 1 minute) and you can have and > control multiple virtual machines from the same interface. > they have already sold 60% of their capacity since launch in dec 2010 - hot > ! > no oracle database installation yet - but this is possible. > there is a 100% uptime guarantee (raid and high availability is already > pre-built) > skalicloud is not for hpc - high performance computing. > > i forgot to ask if they can do a demo for the community ! but i think this > should not be a problem. > > imho, good for seasonal high traffic portals (like lhdn) or those with batch > backend processing. > > in terms of pricing this is equivalent to dedicated server with equivalent > specs (starting from rm500 per month), but with skalicloud you can scale > down and only use what you really need eg smaller storage space, so it will > be cheaper. > > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/
