I originally used SliceHost which was acquired and integrated into Rackspace for cloud hosting since 2010. The services is easy use and rock solid with many advanced features. But then again it is a premium service and cost prohibitive.
Gen 3 Cloud
Currently (Dec 2016) evaluating cloud services and techniques,
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Cloud
- Google Cloud
The key advantage of the cloud services is infrastructure as code, but let's start with just the minimal hardware, bandwidth requirements. Note I've upped the memory requirements having switched to LXC and also now have a sense of bandwidth utilization (but noting that BonsaiFramework is not searchable yet).
| Comparison Point | Amazon Cloud | Google Cloud | Microsoft Azure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Name | t2.small EC2 Reserved Instance Descriptions very unclear. | |||
| Calculator Website | Useful Links: | |||
| 2 GB of Memory | 2 GB | |||
| 1 CPU | ||||
| 50 GB of Disk Space (currently at 33GB) | None must buy EBS (Elastic Storage Blocks) but adding 50GB of General SDD did not seem to increase price | |||
| Bandwidth ~7 GB/Month UnMetered | $0.09 / GB past 1GB = $0.54 | 7 GB/Month without Exposing BonsaFramework website to search engines. | ||
| Download at 20mbps | ||||
| Static IP Address | IP4 | |||
| Monthly | $13.14 | |||
| Yearly Upfront | $151 |
Gen 2 Self-Serve Virtual Hosting
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The following chart outlines the top level pros and cons,
| Technology | Pros | Cons | Implementations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypervisor |
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| Xen, KVM and VMWare |
| Container |
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| OpenVZ, Virtuozzo (based on OpenVZ), Solaris Zones and recently LXC |
| Ephemeral Container (better name find) |
| Docker |
Java with Container Based Virtualization
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Very negative review - http://www.the-best-web-hosting-service.com/virpus-review.php - Virpus wiped their system no backups, downtime.
Another negative review - http://www.hostcult.com/2010/03/review-virpus-hosting.html - Downtime
Consolidated Reviews of Hosting Sites
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