tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post1360814864114530733..comments2024-03-17T16:17:20.145-07:00Comments on Amit's Thoughts: Playing with Amazon EC2 and S3Amithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-43207059496254000872012-01-05T10:30:55.499-08:002012-01-05T10:30:55.499-08:00Since looking at EC2/S3 in 2007, they've added...Since looking at EC2/S3 in 2007, they've added micro instances (which seem like the right size for me), reserved instances (which allow you to pre-pay for a lower cost), and elastic block store (which gives you persistent storage). It's now at a price point where I can use it for my hobby projects.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-71938240108082101522007-07-12T09:17:00.000-07:002007-07-12T09:17:00.000-07:00It looks like Dare Obasanjo has looked at EC2 and ...It looks like Dare Obasanjo has <A HREF="http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2007/07/04/AmazonEC2S3DoesntCutItForRealApplications.aspx" REL="nofollow">looked at EC2 and S3 a lot more carefully than I have</A>, and come to the conclusion that it's not a great choice for the kinds of apps I'd be interested in writing.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-59605145474308893292007-07-03T16:47:00.000-07:002007-07-03T16:47:00.000-07:00Hi Alok,I think I would be willing to pay $1 per C...Hi Alok,<BR/><BR/>I think I would be willing to pay $1 per CPU-hour, but it depends on what I'm actually doing with it.<BR/><BR/>$70/month is high because I'm not doing much — I'm not getting much value, nor am I using many resources. However if I had a busy database or computation or some other task that actually used lots of resources, I think $70/month would be a good price.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-73228009728906944002007-07-03T15:02:00.000-07:002007-07-03T15:02:00.000-07:00At what price point will you be willing to:1. Pay ...At what price point will you be willing to:<BR/><BR/>1. Pay for a 1 cpu-execution-hour.<BR/>2. Charge for providing a 1 cpu-execution-hour?<BR/><BR/>Before you consider its all non-sensical because of ever fluctuating prices ... And add to that the price of pricing it!<BR/><BR/>$70/month does seem to be a bit high, but you do get dedicated hardware?Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541962357236077809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304409.post-73135078451246045462007-07-02T20:56:00.000-07:002007-07-02T20:56:00.000-07:00I should add: it looks like every virtual machine ...I should add: it looks like every virtual machine gets its own external IP address, but if you have lots of virtual machines, you don't need all those IPs. Amazon has a <A HREF="http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=682&categoryID=100" REL="nofollow">NAT approach</A> to conserve IPs. I suspect they don't offer very low cost machines because they're limited by IPs in IPv4. It might be useful for them to offer a lower cost virtual hosting solution that forwards requests to virtual machines that do not have an external IP.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159325271882018300noreply@blogger.com