Re: [tlug] RIGHT SCALE

[Al Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:38:31AM +0900, Josh Glover wrote:
> On 13/06/07, Keith Bawden <keith@example.com> wrote:
> 
> >Either way EC2 is pretty nifty[1].
> 
> EC2 sucks! *ducks*

    I think EC2 is actually quite interesting however depending on your needs it
might not be appropriate for your situation.  
    For example if latency is a big issue in your application and you are 
trying to serve an audience in Japan, EC2 has the limitation that the whole 
infrastructure is sitting somewhere in the US (perhaps Area 51?) which means 
you need to take into account round-trip times.  
    If EC2 comes to Asia, then things will become quite interesting indeed although
there are many providers now trying to provide something similar to EC2 in Japan
now so the market is definitely heating up.

Alain