On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:31 PM, David Ponzone <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:david.ponzone@ipeva.fr">david.ponzone@ipeva.fr</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I am not sure I understand the reason for a cloud solution.<div>Most of the time, it costs quite exactly the same and even more than a dedicated server.</div><div><br></div><div>There are probably good reasons to go for the cloud, but I think I am missing most of them;<br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br>For me its scaling up, without much work. Starting up I start up with a small EC2 instance, about 35$/month plus few dollars in bandwidth &amp; I/O charges, similar to an entry level linode or synapseglobal vps.<br>
<br>But migrating to a higher instance, medium instance around 175$ &amp; so on. Snapshop backups are so easy in amazon, that I would not have setup &amp; installation headaches again....simply save the instance to EBS &amp; boot up in a medium or large instance......or so I think ;-)<br>
<br>Many times I do tend to go on without understanding....so seeking third party confirmation before I embark ;-)<br><br>Sanjay.  <br></div></div>