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I believe Softlayer offers an API where you can script some aspects of ordering and managing machines. I haven't spent much time on it though, but I suspect it

I believe Softlayer offers an API where you can script some aspects of ordering and managing machines. I haven't spent much time on it though, but I suspect it isn't scriptable in the sense that EC2 stuff is.

hboon 16y ago
You can order and provision (with hardware config, OS installation/image) via their API. I just find that the time to provision is much slower than EC2 (10-20 minutes vs. 1-5 minutes).