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FWIW, Heroku uses AWS.
by michaelmior 13y ago
FWIW, Heroku uses AWS.
- jameshk 13y agoTo host user's sites?
- michaelmior 13y 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 13y agoAlso, would it not be inefficient to virtualize a virtual machine on a virtual machine?
- michaelmior 13y agoIf you're planning on using virtual machines, then potentially yes.
- namityadav 13y agoAs far as I know, AWS doesn't allow running a hypervisor inside another hypervisor.
- michaelmior 13y 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 13y agoI am planning on hosting VPS's, so should I get my own server(s)?
- michaelmior 13y 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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