I'd look to SpacialDB <http://spacialdb.com/> or CartoDB <http://cartodb.com/> . Each have their niche in the PostGIS-as-a-service arena. As to speed, I've heard good things, since with the larger hosted machines you can load most everything into memory, so i/o becomes less of an issue. I've heard whispers of RAIDing of e.g. Amazon storage for speed bumps, but don't know if these groups are using this or if it's even necessary anymore. My guess is both SpatialDB and CartoDB folks are on this list and can answer any questions you have. If not, ping them on twitter.
I also have seen e-mails from EnterpriseDB <http://www.enterprisedb.com/> advertising PostgreSQL in the cloud, but don't know the details of their offerings or support for PostGIS, but someone else on the list likely does. Best, Steve http://www.clemetparks.com/images/esig/cmp-ms-90x122.pngStephen Mather Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Manager (216) 635-3243 s...@clevelandmetroparks.com <http://www.clemetparks.com/> clevelandmetroparks.com From: postgis-users-boun...@postgis.refractions.net [mailto:postgis-users-boun...@postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Greg Militello Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:36 AM To: PostGIS Users Discussion Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Server Question Eric, I have not seen much support for PostgreSQL in the cloud. For some reason the cloud offerings tend to say things like "it may be offered soon" and then only offer MySQL. If the cloud offering allows you to build your own software you should be okay. As for performance, it depends on your needs. "Serious geocoding" is a bit vague. Its something you will likely have to play with a bit before you can come to any conclusions. I have been playing around with Pagodabox a bit, they seem like they can scale as much as I could need, but lack PostgreSQL support of any kind (So postgis is also out). On Mar 12, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Eric Aspengren wrote: I have a couple of questions about getting some server space on the cloud. 1) anybody have any luck with this? 2) are the servers fast enough to do serious geocoding and such? 3) any recommendations? 4) what about PostGIS 2.0? anybody planning to support that/already supporting the Beta? -- Eric Aspengren (402) 478-VOTE ericas...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
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