I would say a negligible difference. How does vps.net compare to slicehost.com ?
-Thadeus On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 8:46 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > I just tried this. I have to say vps.net is much easier to use than > amazon. They seem to be a little sloppy on security (amazon gave me no > pem file, vps emailed back to the very same password I used to > register). Here it is for a test: > > http://68.169.39.35/book > > Hos fast/slow is it? > > Massimo > > > On Feb 13, 6:26 pm, villas <villa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Massimo, >> When I tried EC2 it was very time-consuming and the backups were >> difficult and I was just wasting time. >> >> In the end I saved my sanity with vps.net which (for $20 per month) >> takes your Ubuntu script about 5 mins to set up. There's a really good >> backup service available by ticking a box for $5 per month extra. IMO >> it's a no-brainer. And, as there's 256MB you'll be able to run 6 >> instances of Web2py (if the 40Mb in the other thread is right)! >> >> I'm sure other vps providers are also excellent, I just chose that >> one because they offer Europe as well as US and it's a good service. >> Give yourself a break and leave the EC2 infrastructure for the global >> mega-corporations! >> >> --David >> >> On Feb 12, 4:47 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> >> > I am not suing any of the advanced features like load balancing. I >> > have an Instance with EBS storage. I do not completely understand the >> > backup process. I hope that making a snapshot of the storage results >> > in data backup. Not clear to me how to recover from one the snapshots. >> >> > On Feb 12, 10:42 am,villas<villa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > On Feb 12, 4:01 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> >> > > > hmmm that costs more money. >> >> > > Well, people moving to Amazon aren't going there to save any money, >> > > that's for sure. The main thing you are paying for is the massive >> > > global up-scaling you can instantly turn on. Must have geared up for >> > > some big spikes on accessing that lovely new online book :-) D > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
