Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
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Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
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Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#2What makes this any different from me just spinning up my own aws windows server. They must have to mark up prices to make a profit so why not just do it myself? Its an honest question, not a critism.
Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#3What makes this any different from me just spinning up my own aws windows server. They must have to mark up prices to make a profit so why not just do it myself? Its an honest question, not a critism.
I thought the same thing when I went to the website, though it looks like it simplifies things a bit, particularly in regards to billing. Might be good to have the advantages on an FAQ page somewhere.
Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#4What makes this any different from me just spinning up my own aws windows server. They must have to mark up prices to make a profit so why not just do it myself? Its an honest question, not a critism.
Also puzzled about this too, since the pricing scheme differs from a per/usage AWS fee. Maybe they're going the way of traditional shared hosting companies by banking on a very small percentage of their users actually ever achieving high traffic?
Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#5I spun up my own SQL Express / Server 2008 instance using the Amazon provided AMI and had my site deployed in about 10 minutes. What exactly is this service doing to make that easier?
Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#6What makes this any different from me just spinning up my own aws windows server. They must have to mark up prices to make a profit so why not just do it myself? Its an honest question, not a critism.
Also puzzled about this too, since the pricing scheme differs from a per/usage AWS fee. Maybe they're going the way of traditional shared hosting companies by banking on a very small percentage of their users actually ever achieving high traffic?
Following up here... "starting at 19 /mo" ... and then the lowest cost plan is $29/mo. Just sayin'.
Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#7What value is this for anyone who wants to dive into AWS for more than a few hours? Honest Question.
Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#8So, compared to a service like AppHarbor [1], what advantages does this offer? AppHarbor is free for a micro instance, comes with tons of add-ons, and has excellent git integration.
Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also puzzled about this too, since the pricing scheme differs from a per/usage AWS fee. Maybe they're going the way of traditional shared hosting companies by banking on a very small percentage of their users actually ever achieving high traffic?
Following up here... "starting at 19 /mo" ... and then the lowest cost plan is $29/mo. Just sayin'.
They're pulling the same skeezy trick that one of my local web/email hosting competitors pulls -- and for which I teased them publicly in our latest advertising.
You only get the advertised rate if you pay the full year in advance. This allows them to advertise a "monthly" rate that is actually "$holycow/12" while also advertising "no commitments!"
edit: and, at 613M of RAM ... I'm not sure exactly what someone would plan to do with such an instance of Windows, but it won't be much.
Re: Epic Win Hosting - Windows on AWS made easy
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also puzzled about this too, since the pricing scheme differs from a per/usage AWS fee. Maybe they're going the way of traditional shared hosting companies by banking on a very small percentage of their users actually ever achieving high traffic?
Following up here... "starting at 19 /mo" ... and then the lowest cost plan is $29/mo. Just sayin'.
The pricing and specs compared with a dedicated server from Hetzner.de running windows server 2008 web are absolutely mad