wow. Can you tell us what does your app do?
On Nov 30, 5:14 am, achipa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using web2py on EC2 without any problems (6 nodes at the moment
> and scaling upwards). As EC2 nodes are really just virtualized linux
> (and as of recently, windows) instances, there is zero difference in
> running a web2py on EC2 and your regular development box. However,
> there are a few things that MIGHT be interesting for special
> application in web2py on Amazon Web Services - namely SimpleDB,
> database, not unlike google's own bigtable. The other interesting
> thing would be probably storage of uploaded and/or static files on
> S3... Many opportunities there, but quite AWS specific.
>
> On Nov 30, 1:47 am, 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?
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