Comments on: The Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/ Web Technology and Real Life Merge Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Craigslist Search http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253816 Craigslist Search Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:02:08 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253816 Andy, on my current project we've been choosing between EC2 and Mosso and performed a number of comparisons which proved Mosso is actually is a much more cost-effective solution when it comes to persistence, CDN support and pricing for large volumes of data. Check out blog on Mosso website for some hilights http://blog.mosso.com/2009/04/cloud-servers-and-ec2-why-persistence-matters/ Andy, on my current project we’ve been choosing between EC2 and Mosso and performed a number of comparisons which proved Mosso is actually is a much more cost-effective solution when it comes to persistence, CDN support and pricing for large volumes of data.

Check out blog on Mosso website for some hilights
http://blog.mosso.com/2009/04/cloud-servers-and-ec2-why-persistence-matters/

]]> By: Marc http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253564 Marc Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:34:05 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253564 Bill, I don't want to hijack this tread (too much), though there is some great comments going on here!, but this is certainty possible, and often easy depending on where your "traditional" servers are located. Bill, I don’t want to hijack this tread (too much), though there is some great comments going on here!, but this is certainty possible, and often easy depending on where your “traditional” servers are located.

]]> By: Marc http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253563 Marc Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:31:31 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253563 Andy, if you are looking at using Mosso, why not consider their cloudfiles service? They have partnered with Limelight Networks, so they have a kick butt CDN and it is priced very well. Andy, if you are looking at using Mosso, why not consider their cloudfiles service? They have partnered with Limelight Networks, so they have a kick butt CDN and it is priced very well.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253560 Andy Beard Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:11:46 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253560 I am currently weighing up the advantages of Mosso Cloud Servers (optional backend Rackspace dedicated boxes for DBs) combined with SimpleCDN Stomfront for free users, and Hurricane for private content. Amazon is too expensive ;) I am currently weighing up the advantages of Mosso Cloud Servers (optional backend Rackspace dedicated boxes for DBs) combined with SimpleCDN Stomfront for free users, and Hurricane for private content.
Amazon is too expensive ;)

]]> By: Andy http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253531 Andy Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:59:04 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253531 Thanks for leaving my comment! have you ever received the email I sent you? Thanks! Thanks for leaving my comment! have you ever received the email I sent you?
Thanks!

]]> By: Bill http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253526 Bill Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:48:15 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253526 Marc, thanks for the link. Interesting stuff. I wonder how hard it would be to load balance traditional non-cloud resources such that they start using the cloud when demand really spikes. Marc, thanks for the link. Interesting stuff. I wonder how hard it would be to load balance traditional non-cloud resources such that they start using the cloud when demand really spikes.

]]> By: Aaron Brazell http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253525 Aaron Brazell Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:42:13 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253525 The next person to spam their link in my comments is going to have their comment deleted. This is not the venue. Your link has been nofollowed The next person to spam their link in my comments is going to have their comment deleted. This is not the venue. Your link has been nofollowed

]]> By: Marc http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253524 Marc Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:31:17 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253524 Hello Bill, This is a question that I have been working to answer as well, and it has been asked of me many times. One fairly detailed outline of this (though the author seems to weigh heavy to in-house side) can be found here: http://digg.com/u1b2c As I mentioned, I am working on putting together a paper that will try to compare in-house, to traditional hosting, true cloud. And on the Cloudfront item you are spot on. The time to first byte with S3 is almost unusable for most applications were cloudfront has doe a great job, and according to some reviews I have read, and is easy to implement. Hello Bill,

This is a question that I have been working to answer as well, and it has been asked of me many times. One fairly detailed outline of this (though the author seems to weigh heavy to in-house side) can be found here: http://digg.com/u1b2c

As I mentioned, I am working on putting together a paper that will try to compare in-house, to traditional hosting, true cloud.

And on the Cloudfront item you are spot on. The time to first byte with S3 is almost unusable for most applications were cloudfront has doe a great job, and according to some reviews I have read, and is easy to implement.

]]> By: Andy http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253522 Andy Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:32:29 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253522 I use Amazon S3 - pretty cost effecient if you backup under 10TB. if you compare annual cost of storing 10TB of data on Amazon S3 with the cost of external hard drive of the same size, i think you might want to consider the latter. I have my own freeware tool for Amazon S3 if you want to check it out. I use Amazon S3 – pretty cost effecient if you backup under 10TB. if you compare annual cost of storing 10TB of data on Amazon S3 with the cost of external hard drive of the same size, i think you might want to consider the latter. I have my own freeware tool for Amazon S3 if you want to check it out.

]]> By: Joel MCLaughlin http://technosailor.com/2009/04/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-253517 Joel MCLaughlin Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:05:22 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=7454#comment-253517 When I previously offered website hosting services I used both services. For larger companies it can definitely be more cost effective that need to save money on large amounts of bandwidth - however I personally prefer the simplicity of normal solutions. When I previously offered website hosting services I used both services. For larger companies it can definitely be more cost effective that need to save money on large amounts of bandwidth – however I personally prefer the simplicity of normal solutions.

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