Comments on: The Limitations of Scaling with EC2 http://www.derivante.com/2008/10/08/the-limitations-of-scaling-with-ec2/ to obtain or receive from a source Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:36:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Derivante » SOLR Performance Benchmarks – Single vs. Multi-core Index Shards http://www.derivante.com/2008/10/08/the-limitations-of-scaling-with-ec2/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Derivante » SOLR Performance Benchmarks – Single vs. Multi-core Index Shards Tue, 05 May 2009 22:23:23 +0000 http://justinleider.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-81 [...] in the air. After these benchmarks we decided that the multi-core index that had served us well on Amazon's EC2 no longer worked well for us on our new managed hosting. We are currently running a single index at [...] [...] in the air. After these benchmarks we decided that the multi-core index that had served us well on Amazon’s EC2 no longer worked well for us on our new managed hosting. We are currently running a single index at [...]

]]> By: Clay vanSchalkwijk http://www.derivante.com/2008/10/08/the-limitations-of-scaling-with-ec2/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Clay vanSchalkwijk Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:16:01 +0000 http://justinleider.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-76 I believe the problem stems from the web application in general. EC2 is a horizontal scaling platform and applications must be treated with that design in mind. Unfortunately, a lot of design still revolves around vertical scaling, and while EC2 is a very powerful platform most users thinking of switching over aren't ready to leverage the platform for what it is. You just can't make a square peg fit in a round hole. I believe the problem stems from the web application in general. EC2 is a horizontal scaling platform and applications must be treated with that design in mind. Unfortunately, a lot of design still revolves around vertical scaling, and while EC2 is a very powerful platform most users thinking of switching over aren’t ready to leverage the platform for what it is. You just can’t make a square peg fit in a round hole.

]]> By: James Court http://www.derivante.com/2008/10/08/the-limitations-of-scaling-with-ec2/comment-page-1/#comment-75 James Court Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:21:30 +0000 http://justinleider.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-75 We're seriously considering EC2 for hosting our new Drupal site. Is it something you'd recommend overall? I appreciate you're trying to provide a balanced view but do you think it was the right choice for you? Also did you look at any other cloud services? We've looked at mosso but can't see how it can work without support for custom daemons like our search platform requires. I'd love to hear what you think of EC2 and how\why you made the decision to select them instead of another company. We’re seriously considering EC2 for hosting our new Drupal site. Is it something you’d recommend overall? I appreciate you’re trying to provide a balanced view but do you think it was the right choice for you?

Also did you look at any other cloud services? We’ve looked at mosso but can’t see how it can work without support for custom daemons like our search platform requires.

I’d love to hear what you think of EC2 and how\why you made the decision to select them instead of another company.

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