Thanks Rob. But even if we do move out of EC2 in X years, unlike partitioner, I don't think there is much to do to switch snitch. Yes, I am evaluating if there is actually good benefit to use EC2.
John On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 6:22 PM, John Wong <gokoproj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What other benefits can Ec2Snitch provide in a single-region, multi-az >> AWS deployment besides automatically setting dc and rack for you as the >> snitch reads from EC2 metadata. >> Obviously there is a concern with what if there is something wrong with >> the metadata server... >> > > GPFS is broadly similar to EC2Snitch/EC2MRSnitch, but is usable if you for > example have a DR site outside of EC2. > > In general I'd probably suggest using GPFS unless you're really sure > you'll always be in EC2, forever and always. > > =Rob > >
