I would like to share some research links for Amazon EC2 cloud: - General tutorial on Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud): http://aws.amazon.com/ec2 If you have a bookstore account at Amazon, that can be used for cloud billing.
Amazon EC2 Getting Started Guide: http://ec2gsg.notlong.com - Django works (on Gentoo linux image) http://bit.ly/django-cloud good news is that PostgreSQL can be included, and I hope that with web2py, multiple databases can be supported (big +). I prefer Ubuntu, so checked out: http://alestic.com/ for public AMIs (Amazon Machine Images). For static files, Amazon S3 works with Django, video: http://showmedo.com/videos/video?name=2680000&fromSeriesID=268 - How much is it going to cost? The most interesting case study is JamGlue, the very successful social network which remixes music: "approximate monthly AWS bills for four milestones. * Pre-Launch - $1.50/month * Beta - $15/month * Launch - $150/month * Now - $600/month" http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/jamglues-growth.html That's very inexpensive considering the computational intensity of the service. ___ Some projects worth considering for web2py: - establish the most compact machine image to run it. - make functional admin console (big advantage over GAE). - proof of concept for multiple databases (none at Django). - polished tutorial to quickly get working on web2py-cloud. PERMALINK to this thread at this web2py group: http://bit.ly/web2py-cloud On Nov 29, 6:04 pm, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have not used EC2 but hopefully somebody can provide more insight. > > About exec on GAE. As soon as possible I will add caching of pyc files > and the problem will be gone. > Robin suggested this. > > In any case complex apps should have more logic in modules than > controllers and modules are imported thus pyc(s) are cached already on > GAE. > > Massimo > > On Nov 29, 6:47 pm, 43gm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Are there some good examples of web2py running on Amazon's cloud? > > > Are there any practical tutorials in this matter? > > ___ > > > Re: Downside / Critique of web2py @http://bit.ly/web2py-critique > > > That thread prompts me to think that the Amazon cloud deserves more of > > our attention (relative to GAE Google App Engine). > > > It seems that using web2py v1.50 on GAE will be computationally > > expensive due to the way it uses exec. Non-trival code needs to be > > compiled, but GAE prohibits pyc files from external origins. > > > On the other hand, I would imagine that at Amazon one could simply > > just put the pyc files in the cloud, choose a VM configuration, and > > get going. > > > The latency issue needs comparison. With compiled code in a dictionary > > solution, web2py can reportedly get down to 10 ms from around 800 ms > > at GAE. How would it be at Amazon? > > > The other upside at the Amazon would be the implicit use of JOIN, OR, > > and LIKE for databases. (Noting that those operations are not > > permitted for GQL, GAE bigtable.) > > > Furthermore, it also seems far more easier to take back one's own > > data, if necessary, from Amazon than from GAE. > > > The bottom line is have great portable web2py solutions for cloud > > computing... at the lowest cost. (GAE is yet to announce prices > > beyond the current freebie, but be prepared.) > > > Your thoughts? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
