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I don't intend to sound harsh, but comparisons like these are absolutely useless. It's simply incorrect to make blanket statements on the pros and cons for each

by gtaylor 14y ago

I don't intend to sound harsh, but comparisons like these are absolutely useless. It's simply incorrect to make blanket statements on the pros and cons for each service without some context. The benefits and drawbacks are going to change depending on the characteristics, purpose, and needs of the application. This post makes a "one-size-fits-most" generalization, which makes it almost entirely useless. What kind of application are we trying to deploy? What is your budget? What is the traffic level? Is performance a top priority? How many sysadmins do you have at your disposal, and how many are you willing to add? What kind of sensitive data are we storing/transmitting? The answers to these questions drive the selection process, and end up altering the importance of each pro and con the author mentioned. Depending on your application, some pros and cons are eliminated, and new ones added. Please please PLEASE, for the love of all things good, don't use an article like this as the sole basis for selecting providers. Think about what you need, ask questions, and craft your search to your purpose. Don't go pick method X because other people say it's great (for their purpose).

fallenhitokiri 14y ago
Author here. You are right that I should have given a better overview what exactly I am doing (the introduction + requirements are a bit short). The pros and cons can change, some of them, like availability of features, support,... don't. But you are right that there is no "one solutions fits for everyone" plan.
- gtaylor 14y ago
  > The pros and cons can change, some of them, like availability of features, support,... don't. But they do change. What features are important depends on your application. The amount of support you need, and by who, changes as well. What I'd love to see is a series of articles that helps walk people through the platform selection process from the perspective of a few sample applications/organizations. I feel that would be really constructive.

by gtaylor 14y ago

fallenhitokiri 14y ago

Author here. You are right that I should have given a better overview what exactly I am doing (the introduction + requirements are a bit short). The pros and cons can change, some of them, like availability of features, support,... don't. But you are right that there is no "one solutions fits for everyone" plan.

gtaylor 14y ago
> The pros and cons can change, some of them, like availability of features, support,... don't. But they do change. What features are important depends on your application. The amount of support you need, and by who, changes as well. What I'd love to see is a series of articles that helps walk people through the platform selection process from the perspective of a few sample applications/organizations. I feel that would be really constructive.