Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#1

Post by merrick33 » Wed, May 06, 2009, 3:41 PM UTC

I am interested in not only seeing what you guys are using, but why you choose one over the other.

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#2

Post by ErrantX » Wed, May 06, 2009, 3:53 PM UTC

Slicehost is ok, their pricing structure ramps up very fast though. MediaTemple is the one I would recommend to someone for a single (or just a few) site instance. If they needed multiple servers with complex config (or just want to lay them out in your own way) either EC2 (multiple clients model: we have 150+ instances working as clients) or MediaTemple CX (complex hosting - we are in the process of purchasing a 200 node cluster with them) would be my recommendations.

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#3

Post by davidw » Wed, May 06, 2009, 3:58 PM UTC

Well, I've posted it here before, but here goes:

http://journal.dedasys.com/2008/11/24/slicehost-vs-linode

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#4

Post by JereCoh » Wed, May 06, 2009, 4:03 PM UTC

I use Joyent. I would argue that Media Temple is not cloud hosting (and it's "grid" is always down). If Mosso gave OpenSolaris as an option, I would switch to it.

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#5

Post by raquo » Wed, May 06, 2009, 4:04 PM UTC

ErrantX wrote: post #2

Slicehost is ok, their pricing structure ramps up very fast though. MediaTemple is the one I would recommend to someone for a single (or just a few) site instance. If they needed multiple servers with complex config (or just want to lay them out in your own way) either EC2 (multiple clients model: we have 150+ instances working as clients) or MediaTemple CX (complex hosting - we are in the process of purchasing a 200…

IMHO Mediatemple is terribly overpriced* even wrt Slicehost - Their 40GB/512MB/1.5TB plan costs $100/mo for example.

* - I've no idea how much CX costs though

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#6

Post by ErrantX » Wed, May 06, 2009, 4:07 PM UTC

raquo wrote: post #5

ErrantX wrote: post #2

Slicehost is ok, their pricing structure ramps up very fast though. MediaTemple is the one I would recommend to someone for a single (or just a few) site instance. If they needed multiple servers with complex config (or just want to lay them out in your own way) either EC2 (multiple clients model: we have 150+ instances working as clients) or MediaTemple CX (complex hosting - we are in the process of purchasing a 200…

IMHO Mediatemple is terribly overpriced* even wrt Slicehost - Their 40GB/512MB/1.5TB plan costs $100/mo for example. * - I've no idea how much CX costs though

ugh, your right that is expensive (never used that aspect of their service myself).

In which case I retract recommending MT :P

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#7

Post by jkrall » Wed, May 06, 2009, 4:08 PM UTC

JereCoh wrote: post #4

I use Joyent. I would argue that Media Temple is not cloud hosting (and it's "grid" is always down). If Mosso gave OpenSolaris as an option, I would switch to it.

@Jerecoh: I use Joyent too... and have been very pleased with it. But, I have to admit that we didn't spend a lot of time evaluating all of the other cloud options out there. Why did you choose Joyent?

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#8

Post by poppinphresh » Wed, May 06, 2009, 4:11 PM UTC

I use Mosso for fun because of the low price. Start up a 20 machine cluster and run it for a couple of hours all for under a dollar.

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#9

Post by known » Wed, May 06, 2009, 4:17 PM UTC

None

Re: Poll: Which cloud host do you use?

#10

Post by piers » Wed, May 06, 2009, 4:17 PM UTC

poppinphresh wrote: post #8

I use Mosso for fun because of the low price. Start up a 20 machine cluster and run it for a couple of hours all for under a dollar.

Presumably you use the Cloud Servers rather than the Cloud Host?