Our production app is in a datacenter, on our gear.
We are looking to set up a DR site in Amazon EC2.
For starters, we will need SQL Server, and we will do encrypted log shipping to the instance.
Any tips for running a production SQL app on EC2 ?
We use SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition.
Specific questions and concerns:
- Where do you put the DB, since the instance SQL Server is transient storage? -- Answer: Use EBS, per http://aws.amazon.com/running_databases/
- My understanding is that the instances can reboot once or twice a year. How does one manage this for a production sql server setup? -- Answer: Use EBS for the db's, save your ami instance so it is all configured for the data location on EBS
- Can someone attest to running a 100-400gb SQL Server db on aws?
Thanks!