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   Nginx and Memcached, an easy 400% boost in req/s(igvita.com)

   22 points by igrigorik 19y ago|13 comments
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   Distributed Ruby Workers on EC2(igvita.com)

   2 points by igrigorik 19y ago|0 comments
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   by igrigorik 20y ago

   Are you certain? This must be new, because before your would get a fresh machine every time. Anytime you boot, AMZ looks at the image you want to run, and they unpack and uninstall it for you, meaning that even a reboot led to a clean drive
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   by igrigorik 20y ago

   "we" - if you want to be a big dog, you gotta act like one.
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   by igrigorik 20y ago

   1) The data is not persistent -- meaning, if your server dies, you loose your database with it. Rebooting the server gives you a clean slate. This theoretically can be addressed with a complex backup/redundancy model, but frankly, it's not