Perhaps you’ve heard about Amazon EC2′s new promotion, the AWS Free Usage Tier. New AWS customers can run a Linux Micro instance free for 1 year. Micro Instances consist of 613 MB of memory, up to 2 ECUs (for short periodic bursts), EBS storage only, 32-bit or 64-bit platform. Earlier this year MarkLogic announced support [...]
My First Experience with Amazon EC2
A client needed a prototype server that was low cost, had potential to scale, and whose management could easily be transferred. We needed a single linux-based server that we could turn on and off for security and to control cost. Amazon’s EC2 service fit the bill well, so we set up an account and I [...]

