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Re: OpenShift by Red Hat

#11

Post by ctrlaltesc »

Interesting that the install instructions for Red Hat Linux distributions is far more complicated than that of other Linux distributions.

But seriously, if they are offering a free platform to anyone with an email address then what sort of precautions are they taking to prevent abuse?

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#12

Post by _delirium »

bpp198 wrote: post #4
japhyr wrote: post #2

Has anyone chosen openshift over heroku for django? I didn't see any pricing info; is openshift still in beta?

OpenShift is free.

There are hints that it's free only for a preview period. From http://www.redhat.com/products/cloud-computing/openshift/, under the "How To Buy" tab, it calls it a "free developer preview" and says, "OpenShift is currently in developer preview and free to use. Stay tuned—pricing is coming soon."

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Post by Wickk »

ctrlaltesc wrote: post #11

Interesting that the install instructions for Red Hat Linux distributions is far more complicated than that of other Linux distributions. But seriously, if they are offering a free platform to anyone with an email address then what sort of precautions are they taking to prevent abuse?

Are we talking content abuse? It's in their ToS if we are. Not entirely sure how effective they're going to be at monitoring malicious content, but it's there.

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#16

Post by tikhonj »

ique wrote: post #8

How can this be free? If I host a massive application here, will they shut it down or rate limit or how can this work?

I think they mean free as in speech more than free as in beer.

Of course, it is currently in a developer preview and so also free as in beer, but I think that's incidental--this is Red Hat after all; they actually care about users' freedom and they aren't afraid of offering paid plans and support.

Happily, since it's open source, you can just host it yourself if you aren't happy with Red Hat's potential future pricing.

Re: OpenShift by Red Hat

#17

Post by wnm »

ique wrote: post #8

How can this be free? If I host a massive application here, will they shut it down or rate limit or how can this work?

the preview is free and has a limit:

"The developer preview supports up to 3 gears per user. You have a quota of 40,000 files, 1GB of storage, and 512MB Memory per gear. It is free to use and you can run your application indefinitely. If you need to increase this quota, please mailto:openshift@redhat.com with your username, domain and Application URL."

from: https://openshift.redhat.com/community/faq/how-many-applicat...

Re: OpenShift by Red Hat

#19

Post by jamesu »

I have yet to find a service as straightforward as Heroku. Cloudfront comes close... but i get the feeling especially when looking at the documentation that Heroku have really put in a lot of effort into making a simple to use application platform.
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