3. Amazon EC2 Servers
Small - 1.7GB RAM, 1 Core, $73/month
Good for app server
High CPU Medium - 1.7 GB, 2 Cores, $146
Good For Small DB
Large - 7.5GB, 2 Cores, $292
XL - 15 GB, 8 Cores, $584
12. Idempotent Configuration
Puppet for auto configuration
http://reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/
A basic image is started and puppet
configures everything
13.
14. Recommended Setup
2 Application Server Front Ends & Elastic IPs
Replicated Database Master/Slave config
DNS Made Easy with Failover
CloudFront for Content Delivery
Amazon S3 for backups
Email Via Google Apps For Your Domain
15. VS Building Out Yourself
Don’t have to buy equipment or fix broken
equipment
Don’t have to negotiate deals on bandwidth
No worries on power/cooling
Costs are spread out and billed after you
consume the resources
18. Whats The Cost?
4 Servers for redundant application servers
and database servers ~$292/month
Poor man’s single server setup ~$73/month
Someone to monitor/keep it running? $300/
month