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Well, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Google doesn't have the greatest track record with 'cloud'... I wouldn't put anything mission critical up there
by druiid 14y ago
Well, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Google doesn't have the greatest track record with 'cloud'... I wouldn't put anything mission critical up there for a while. That said, the pricing is a mixed bag. It's technically more expensive than ec2, but the storage at the 15gig mem level is fairly good. I can see this being useful for quick and dirty data processing tasks. I'm not so sure at this pricing that I'd ever want to run 24/7 type applications on it.
- druiid 14y agoI should note, when I say cloud track record, I don't necessarily mean stability. I'm talking as far as actually running true 'cloud' services like App Engine, pricing, etc.
- druiid 14y agoAnd here's my least favorite kind of thing: Egress to a different Region within the US $0.01 promotional pricing; eventually will be charged at internet download rates So what exactly is that going to mean? Some of the per hour costs are pretty decent, but are these going to change? I remember one of the big problems people had with App Engine was that it was cheap-as-free and then Google went 'oh, here's pricing updates!'
- j_baker 14y agoIsn't saying that Google doesn't have a good track record with 'cloud' a bit like saying that Toyota doesn't have a good track record with 'automobiles'? I mean, Google's business is built upon the cloud. Like Google's services or not, they're clearly providing some 'cloud' value to someone.
- druiid 14y agoI tried to clarify in a followup comment realizing that I wasn't being clear enough. Google as a whole certainly is all 'cloud' and I can't think of any times I've seen their homepage down for instance. I was comparing their service platforms such as apps + pricing.