Monthly Archives: February 2008

RightAws Ruby gem now supports Amazon SDB

Posted on February 11, 2008 by

Today we released version 1.5.0 of our RightAws gem at http://rubyforge.org/projects/rightaws/ ! This release not only provides an interface to EC2, S3, and SQS but also to SDB! The SDB interface has all the nice features of the other interfaces, … Continue reading →

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What is cloud computing?

Posted on February 8, 2008 by

There are many definitions for cloud computing around, and depending on the time of day I’d probably recite a different one. But what’s really defining to me is the availability of quasi endless computers (instances in EC2 terminology). Pricing model, … Continue reading →

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Top reasons Amazon EC2 instances disappear

Posted on February 2, 2008 by

(Judging by the posting gap, the author of this blog almost disappeared too! Time to lift the head from the day-to-day scramble and write the next entry!) The fact that Amazon says up-front that computers fail seems to be the … Continue reading →

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