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You can do things with EC2 you can't do anywhere else. I've helped companies build deployment processes with EC2 that allows them to launch a staging environme
by delano 17y ago
You can do things with EC2 you can't do anywhere else.
I've helped companies build deployment processes with EC2 that allows them to launch a staging environment with a single command that includes a complete copy of production data. They run their tests, then cut a release and shutdown the staging environment with another single command. That's not possible without EC2 and EBS.
- jawngee 17y agoBut he's talking about hosting, not staging. And what you are describing is a good use of EC2. Hosting 24/7 is not.
- delano 17y agoStaging is one aspect of hosting. I will go even further and say that because a staging environment needs to mimic the production environment as close as possible it should be hosted by the same vendor too. You're right that if you compare numbers directly, some aspects of EC2 are more expensive than other vendors. My point is that AWS offers greater value by allowing you to do things you can't do anywhere else. Allocating static IP addresses on the fly for example.
- jawngee 17y agoAlso, you are wrong. You can do that on slicehost with their API as well. In fact, with the slicehost api, you can take a snapshot of currently running system, and clone a new slice from that snapshot.
- delano 17y agoCan you create, attach, and take snapshots of multiple disks with Slicehost?