There and Back Again, an EC2 MySQL Cluster

by Clay vanSchalkwijk on January 26, 2009

Limitations of EC2 as a web platform: Price- An m1.xlarge instance will run you ~$600 with data transfer costs. Managed hosting solutions run cheaper especially if you plan on purchasing in bulk. The grid is designed for on-demand computation and (…)

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Is Amazon’s EC2 right for you?

by Justin Leider on January 26, 2009

I’ve been asked this and similar questions quite a bit lately. But before I delve into the answer to this I want to lay the foundation and ask you a question. This one question should play a large part in (…)

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