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I don't even consider EC2 a hosting provider. I think you have to do a bit of work to get around the various problems (slow, instances could disappear, etc.)
by gexla 16y ago
I don't even consider EC2 a hosting provider. I think you have to do a bit of work to get around the various problems (slow, instances could disappear, etc.) However, once those issues are dealt with, EC2 works well (see Heroku.)
- chrislomax 16y agoWell I don't find EC2 very intuitive I must admit. I bought a windows reserved instance and I thought I could just "Start" it. But not, I had to create a new instance then guess which instance I had to start without being charged over the odds. I think their whole offering is fantastic, if it works. I like the whole EBS, VPC etc. I love being able to snapshot drives and recover in fails. I like that power I have to manage it. Is Heroku purely Ruby? I need to be able to deply Windows instances, I need MSSQL, I need to know my data is safe. I like all this cloud talk and I am certainly not one to sit still on technology when I could be saving money and getting more power with cloud based hosting. My Current dedicated host has a cloud hosting feature but its doesn't have the same power as EC2. I want EC2 but I want the pricing to be clearer and I want to ensure that I get the power I am paying for. I'm considering Azure as well. In fact, I will consider anything anyone can suggest.
- gexla 16y agoTake a look at Rackspace.