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Quality GIS data sometimes comes with a lot more precision than what is usable for Google Maps (or other mapping software). The problem lies in the number of points representing a polygon that you want to overlay. A county representation for a state might include 100,000 points that is not usable without some form of reduction. Luckily there is an ...more»
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 not as a cost efficient web services.
Configuration- There are a limited number of options and you will not be ...more»
Just as with any platform you choose, EC2 has its own limitations as well. These limitations are often different and harder to overcome than what you might find while running your own hardware. Without the proper planning and development, these limitations can wind up being extremely detrimental to the well being and scalability of your website or service.
There are quite ...more»
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This week I've been reminded of a very important lesson... No matter how abstracted you are from your hardware, you still inherently rely on its smooth and consistent operation.
This past week CitySquares' NFS server went down for the count and was completely unresponsive to any type of communication. In fact, the EC2 instance was so FUBAR we couldn't even terminate ...more»
So here it is, about two weeks have passed since CitySquares officially migrated its server infrastructure over to EC2 and RightScale. All in all, everything went relatively well. There were a few hiccups on the cut over day that left users with some error pages. Most of these issues were related to the DNS changeover and a little confusion over ...more»
