Posts Tagged “ec2”
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 (…)
The Limitations of Scaling with EC2
by Justin Leider on October 8, 2008
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 (…)
Nuances of EC2 and RightScale
by Justin Leider on September 5, 2008
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 (…)
Amazon’s EBS (Elastic Block Store)
by Justin Leider on August 21, 2008
I wrote just yesterday about running your own hardware vs. using EC2 and RightScale and one of the major issues I found with EC2 was the lack of a persistent storage medium. Well, I knew the folks over at Amazon (…)
Running your own hardware Vs. EC2 and RightScale
by Justin Leider on August 20, 2008
A couple weeks ago I began working with EC2 and RightScale in preparation of our big IT infrastructure change over. Ill start by giving a brief overview of our hardware infrastructure. Currently we’re running the CitySquares’ website on our own (…)