<div dir="ltr">Maria spoke about this not a long time ago :<br><a href="http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2013/11/should-you-host-on-the-amazon-cloud/">http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2013/11/should-you-host-on-the-amazon-cloud/</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/11/27 Rick Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rianders@docs.rutgers.edu" target="_blank">rianders@docs.rutgers.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I use Amazon EC2 exclusively for my servers, and it works fine. I usually run Ubuntu which is pretty easy to work with. Also, I use RDS Mysql database instead of running the DB on individual systems. The only thing that I need to do special was configure email separately. But they have an email service that works fine.<div>
<br></div><div>-_Rick<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Ken Grunke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenearlg@gmail.com" target="_blank">kenearlg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On 11/26/2013 02:58 PM, EGBainbridge/Apollo Manga wrote:<br>
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I'm wondering what experiences people here have had with hosting OpenSim on<br>
Amazon EC2, how it's worked out for you, and which EC2 OS's you recommend?<br>
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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 in response to varying server demands than your run-of-the-mill VPS.<br>
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I do make use of Amazon's instances for various kinds of testing, including Opensim, and find them very easy to use. My preference is Ubuntu, but I've not noticed any price differences over other Linux OS's. 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.<br>
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Ken Grunke aka Key Gruin@Osgrid<div><div><br>
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My two first choices for an OS are SUSE (because I know OpenSUSE best from<br>
running an OpenSUSE OpenSim server at home) and Ubuntu because it's the<br>
cheapest on EC2 and because my impression is that OpenSim doesn't have any<br>
problems with it.<br>
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I'm considering EC2 for two different OpenSim hosting situations. One is a<br>
company for whom I'm developing a grid and the other is for myself, to<br>
expand the OpenSim grid I'm hosting on my home server.<br>
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Northern California<br>
ErikBainbridge.com<br>
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