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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. | Virtual Machine Baisc | ||
| Calculator Website | Useful Links: | Useful Links: | ||
| 2 GB of Memory | 2 GB | 1.75GB | ||
| 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 | 70 GB | ||
| 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 | $31.66 (in West Central US) | ||
| Yearly Upfront | $151 |
Gen 2 Self-Serve Virtual Hosting
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