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If I were you, I'd take a moment to reconsider just how crucial it is at this stage to have your own servers. I've been in a similar position before, and as app
by conjecTech 12y ago
If I were you, I'd take a moment to reconsider just how crucial it is at this stage to have your own servers. I've been in a similar position before, and as appealing as the notion may seem, it's going to create a lot of work that while immediately fulfilling, isn't going to be really moving your product forward.
- jameshk 12y agoI'm creating a hosting company, like Heroku and can't be hosting my customers stuff on another company's servers, thanks for the advice though. Also there are some cheap $99 servers that might get the job done.
- michaelmior 12y agoFWIW, Heroku uses AWS.
- jameshk 12y agoTo host user's sites?
- michaelmior 12y agoYes. Although I can't seem to find a reference right now. If you check the IP of a running Heroku instance however, you'll see it's an AWS IP.
- jameshk 12y agoAlso, would it not be inefficient to virtualize a virtual machine on a virtual machine?
- michaelmior 12y agoIf you're planning on using virtual machines, then potentially yes.
- namityadav 12y agoAs far as I know, AWS doesn't allow running a hypervisor inside another hypervisor.
- michaelmior 12y agoRavello [1] seems to do this with with VMWare and xen-blanket[2] claims to allow running Xen on AWS. [1] http://www.ravellosystems.com/ http://www.ravellosystems.com/ [2] https://code.google.com/p/xen-blanket/ https://code.google.com/p/xen-blanket/
- jameshk 12y agoI am planning on hosting VPS's, so should I get my own server(s)?
- michaelmior 12y agoGiven the initial investment of capital, probably not right away. Unless you're really confident that your own servers will perform better AND that the performance difference actually matters to your target market. If neither of those things is true, then you're probably better off waiting until you can afford to make the investment purely out of your profits. Of course an alternative is to just get dedicated servers without having to worry quite as much about managing your own hardware. Disclaimer: I probably don't really know what I'm talking about :)
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- arikrak 12y agoHeroku doesn't use their own servers. Even if you eventually plan on using your servers, you often can start by using ec2, etc.