Monthly Archives: October 2009

RightScale ServerTemplate Library and Machine Tags

Posted on October 28, 2009 by

Yesterday’s release of the RightScale platform introduced two new features that I’m really excited about: the ServerTemplate Library and the use of Machine Tags on servers. (Ooops, I shouldn’t forget the new features for RackSpace, but I’ll talk about those … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, Chef, Cloud Computing, EC2, Rackspace, RightLink | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Amazon launches Relational Database Service and larger server sizes

Posted on October 26, 2009 by

Today is another big AWS launch day with two important new features available for EC2: a Relational Database Service (RDS) and larger servers. Plus a 15% price reduction on compute cycles: yay! Relational Database Service With the Relational Database Service … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, Cloud Computing, EC2, MySQL | 14 Comments

Amazon Usage Estimates

Posted on October 5, 2009 by

Two weeks ago Guy Rosen posted a very interesting analysis of the EC2 instance IDs which reveals how many instances (virtual machines) have been launched on EC2 since its beginning in 2006. We’ve also been digging in our records and … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, Cloud Computing, EC2 | 21 Comments