Amazon / Cloud Computing Platforms

[big_nerd]

Has anyone used the Amazon EC2 or another Cloud Computing Platform?

I was looking into it as a dedicated VPS costs much more than what I can see for a single Linux Instance on EC2.

Considering my project at least for the first year or so (that I want a dedicated server for) won't have a heavy amount of transfer, nor be large capacity, looking at 10gb of data (including database).

Unless I am drunk - which is entirely possible, the pricing seems too cheap:

• Small Instance (Default) 1.7 GB of memory, 1 EC2 Compute Unit (1 virtual core with 1 EC2 Compute Unit), 160 GB of instance storage, 32-bit platform

If anyone has had experience with this, or knows of anything I could be wary of before purchasing this, please let me know.

[bpat1434]

If you're going that small, take a look at the Rackspace Cloud and their cloud servers. You can upgrade your server as needed. I'm currently playing around with one that is 512 MB of ram. It's fairly quick and does what it should. And if I ever need more umph, I can just upgrade whenever I feel. And because I pay for what I use, I can keep my monthly cost to under $20.

It's not a dedicated server, but it's darn near close.