Posted by socialtalker on March 9, 2010 at 1:20pm
okay look, this kind of subject is extremely abstract to me. any clarification will be extremely appreciated. i understand i can host media in As3, but can i host the entire site in As3 with drupal? can i do this for a site with a lot of modules and features?
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Do you mean EC2? If so look
Do you mean EC2? If so look at the amazon ec2 docs... they are basically just servers that you can do whatever with, all layered together with lots of cloud goodies and an awesome api.
thanks
i knew it was a stupid question almost as soon as i posted it. you know, the postings on this group are can be so complicated and abstract i get easily confused. i find the thought of using EC2 very intimidating. i am use to shared.
If you read through the
If you read through the Amazon getting started docs it will help some for sure. Takes a bit of adjustment but really its the api that makes it stand out from traditional virtual dedicated servers; there are some other companies in the cloud game but no one comes close to Amazon IMO. If your used to a shared environment then I would suggest reading up on as much sysadmin stuff as you can stomach (ubuntu has tons of good docs) or if you dont have the desire/time to do so, go ahead and use the Pantheon Mercury paid service, its not on Amazon but if your not a sysadmin that probably wont matter to you anyhow. Either way Mercury will spank the shit out of any shared server you've been on... without a doubt.
Cheers and good luck to you!
Joshua
thanks again!
you mentioned ubuntu, will have have to have a linux computer to use this kind of hosting? my computer is windows 7
i confess i have fear of using this complicated system and not able to troubleshoot when things go wrong. drupal is hard enough, the theming is kicking my butt, but this is even tricker, but i have no choice but to get over that.
It doesnt matter what OS you
It doesnt matter what OS you subject yourself to on your end... AWS does the actual server hosting. If your prefer you can get windows servers with AWS but be prepared to pay licensing fees and not enjoy it one bit lol. If you want all the coolest open source stuff easily usable then I suggest a linux server, but more than that you should save yourself the pain and get a managed solution to start. There is no end to things you must understand in order to keep something of this nature going, why not let someone else do that for you? There are plenty of companies that can help you leverage AWS such as paid AMI's and other such services. Keep researching, you will save yourself a headache or two.
the past week, i have been
the past week, i have been reading and watching youtube trying to understand this stuff. the pricing alone is scary.
10 cents an hour? thats 2.40/day 75 dollars/month plus paying for a AMI which is 20-50/month. is that about what you are paying? over 100 dollars/month?
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Around $30-$40 / mo for a reserved small instance, depending on bandwidth usage.
oh? thats do-able for me,
oh? thats do-able for me, although now i am really fuzzy how it figures out. certainly worth giving a try, if i can work out how to do the instructions. i have already started asking questions on the aws forum.
thanks
Yeah reserved instances and
Yeah reserved instances and spot instances are cheaper ... you can use the spot instances to dev and toy around with it, then if/when your ready to set it in stone you can buy the reserved instances. With a large spot instance I pay around 11 cents per hour and a small is like 3 cents per hour. Overall I think the pricing is in line with other hosting especially considering what you can do with it.