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I don't mind at all. We run several web application and database servers on AWS. We used to try and do it all in house, on a rack of IBM xServers, but the cos
by cyberferret 10y ago
I don't mind at all. We run several web application and database servers on AWS. We used to try and do it all in house, on a rack of IBM xServers, but the cost was just too high, and the bandwidth too expensive.
Some of our web app URLs are in my bio still, I believe (I don't want to repost here in case it is considered promotional spam). They are mainly Ruby/MySQL type apps and the memory requirements are not high, but we need uptime availability and bandwidth, plus ability to scale up and down as demand changes.
Feel free to contact me on Twitter @dsabar if you want to discuss in depth.
- patrickg_zill 10y agoI suggest you qualify that you are in Australia... AWS pricing for bandwidth is easily 15x typical USA costs.
- cyberferret 10y agoApologies, I should have clarified that, but I was speaking within the context that I was replying to a user who said they lived in the NT (Northern Territory), which is the same state I live in in Australia. Actually you raise an interesting point - The price of bandwidth here in Australia is a moot point now, because only about 5% of our servers are within the AWS Oceania datacentre. All the rest are in the US data centres because most of our applications are applicable to a worldwide audience, and we wanted minimum latency for our biggest target market.