[Opensim-users] Amazon EC2 hosting for OpenSim?

[EGBainbridge/Apollo Manga]

Ken Grunke wrote
> I may be mistaken, but I have always been under the impression that
> Amazon EC2 instances are virtual servers, basically no different from a
> VPS which is commonly available and for a more reasonable long-term fee.
> A VPS may be adequate for personal use and testing, but for business use
> can be disappointing. Perhaps the Amazon instances are more reliable and
> definitely more scaleable 

I share your concerns and want to find out one way or the other.  Kitely
uses Amazon EC2, so there is hope.  


Ken Grunke wrote
> My preference is
> Ubuntu, but I've not noticed any price differences over other Linux
> OS's.

Here are some examples of costs by operating system:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11: $0.03 to $0.30/hr incl EC2 charges + other
AWS usage fees
Amazon Linux AMI (64-bit): $0.02 to $3.82/hr incl EC2 charges + other AWS
usage fees
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Base: $0.02 to $0.285/hr incl EC2 charges +
other AWS usage fees
Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS: $0.00/hr for software + AWS usage fees

It looks to me like Ubuntu costs less than the others, but maybe the page is
just misleading?    



Ken Grunke wrote
> One little "gotchya" for me was the server address - you can use
> the public DNS address for your ini files (Regions.ini & applicable
> config-include files) but are much better off using the Public IP number
> if you want to avoid networking and region accessability headaches. 

Are you saying that we can't use the domain name when running OpenSim on
Amazon EC2?  If so, that's a huge gotcha for me.

Thanks for your input!



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