Shucks, it sounds like you're right. From the looks of it, EC2 doesn't have enough of a reliable database solution to justify putting a full production server

Shucks, it sounds like you're right. From the looks of it, EC2 doesn't have enough of a reliable database solution to justify putting a full production server on it. If I use the untested methods, I feel like I'm either going to always wonder if I'm going to wake up with my data gone, or if it will die from performance problems.