On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'd also be interested in getting some real world cost information. I > installed an app on EC2 that went mostly unused for a couple months but > meanwhile racked up over $300 in charges. Color me surprised. > EC2 can be a bargain or a cash hog depending on what you do. Some aspects of their service are cheap, others are not so cheap. In all cases, you want to be very aware of what you're using and making sure you're not paying for things you don't need. For example, it's really important not to pay for excess capacity. In the regular world, you buy capacity for your highest potential use case. But if you do that with Amazon, you'll rack up charges quickly with such an approach. Set things up so you have what you need only when you actually need it. You have to pay attention to their pricing structures as doing the same thing on EC2 can cost wildly different amounts depending on how you do it. We've used EC2 for a few years, have been very happy with the experience, and are tending to shift more services in that direction. Provisioning what you need is a snap, changing what you have to meet your needs on the fly is easy, and it's been very cost effective for us. kyle -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Kyle Banerjee Digital Services Program Manager Orbis Cascade Alliance [log in to unmask] / 503.999.9787