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Spinning up servers like this is nice, but if all you want is a vanilla install, Rackspace is definitely the way to go. Their web site is far more user friendly

by lars512 17y ago

Spinning up servers like this is nice, but if all you want is a vanilla install, Rackspace is definitely the way to go. Their web site is far more user friendly, and they've got a nice iPhone app you can use to spin servers up and down as you like. Amazon's advantage seems to lie in the far wider variety of machine images available, and in better tools for making custom images.

edukatr 17y ago
From a pricing standpoint I have found Rackspace to be more flexible at the lower end 256MB slice but once you start going higher toward 1.5GB RAM it gets more pricier than Amazon. I am guessing you were referring to RackSpace Cloud. The pure Rackspace solution is very pricy compared to AWS.