Demo server offline until EC2 costs less

08 November 2009 | announcement

Just saw that my usage bill from the EC2 instances was over $400 since I started that up not too long ago. Therefore it is not a cost effective method to use for a demo application. I’ll be recording a walk-through of using the application soon so that new users can see what Kontrollbase offers without requiring me to foot the bill for EC2 or a colocated server.


4 Responses to “Demo server offline until EC2 costs less”

  • 1 Arjen Lentz Says:
    November 8th, 2009 saat: 8:08 pm

    Hi Matt
    The prob with EC2 is indeed the cost variability, which in many cases outweighs the flexibility gained elsewhere. It’s a risk many companies are not willing to take.
    Linode might be a good option… fixed cost per month per server, and it has a complete API so you can even automatically deploy additional capacity should you want to do so.
    –Arjen.

  • 2 Frank Rizzo Says:
    November 13th, 2009 saat: 12:39 pm

    This is why I avoid all “cloud” services like the plague.

  • 3 themattreid Says:
    November 13th, 2009 saat: 1:38 pm

    Thanks for the reference to Linode Arjen, I’ll be checking them out shortly. :)

  • 4 themattreid Says:
    November 13th, 2009 saat: 1:40 pm

    Eventually one or two will come along and offer the same services and scalability and stability but for a reasonable cost. In addition, Amazon should give new users an idea of how much their bill will be for average use, high use, and 100% load – that way people don’t get suckered into thinking it won’t cost too much as is what occurred in my case. I know the pricing docs are there somewhere but they make it look like it will be much cheaper than it turns out to be.