Questions tagged [cloud]
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet)
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Replicate Rackspace Cloud for Disaster Recovery?
Does anyone know how, if possible, I can replicate a Rackspace Cloud instance X to another instance, Y, for disaster recovery? So if cloud X goes down or has a problem the website will be served from ...
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Hosting a MySQL server on Amazon Web Services
We are evaluating hosting our application on Amazon EC2 service. While I am confident that a Small instance (1.7GB RAM) will be sufficient for our web server (at this point), I am not sure about ...
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How can I setup a system for about 20 workstations with centralised MS Outlook
I'll explain our current setup first.
We have about 20 computer users in our current office and have 2 other offices in other cities.
We have one business server at our office which stores company ...
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In a MySQL database shared by many clients, how do you calculate the storage consumed by a single client and its data
So basically the same table is shared by many client with a foreign key that identifies which data belongs to whom
Thanks
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What are the basic specs for private cloud via Ubuntu?
We would like to build our own private cloud on Ubuntu.
The services will be served via VMs are: Active directory, DNS, File serving, ERP application server, SMTP server, Continuous integration Build ...
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Php + Apache + Mysql + [anything] Server cluster - pitfalls, hints and roadmaps to efficiency
The need has arisen for a clustered server setup (is that what it's called?) in my company. We have our hosting rented abroad, and as such have limited access to the actual hardware, but we have total ...
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What is a better local backup destination when using Vembu Storegrid for central backup, SAN or NAS?
We are putting together a new network infrastructure and my biggest problem has been deciding on a proper backup solution. We are currently using Veritas Backup-Exec -> REV Cartridges on our aging ...
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Reducing latency for different geographic regions on Amazon Cloud
I have got an application which has three components
Application code : Amazon EC2 US-EAST-1 instance
Application images, and other static data : Amazon S3 with CloudFront
Application Database : ...
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UEC 10.10 Node Controller installation problem; no access to internet
I am trying to setup a new UEC Cloud network using Ubuntu UEC 10.10, but I am having some difficulties with the Node Controller setup !
I am working (for the moment) on a small setup, using two ...
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Cloud suited for benchmarking
Sorry for possible double post : I moved this question from stackoverflow, since it fits better here.
I use Amazon EC2 as my working machine, which is all dandy. But I also need to run CPU intensive ...
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Setting up Live @ EDU
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Hello everyone. I have a small issue here. We are trying to get our exchange accounts for students only ported over from an exchange server 2003 to the Microsoft cloud services known as ...
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Determine server IP address in SaaS application
I have multiple clients (mobile and web) that need to connect to my application on the cloud using web services. How do I specify the IP address of the server in my client code?
Another query is - if ...
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Two hosting providers running simultaneously... possible / not possible? good practice / unnecessary?
For the sake of their reputation, I won't mention the names. But I'll just use:
Business I worked for previously - ABC Web Dev
Hosting company they used - XYZ Hosting
I recently found out that XYZ ...
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What cloud backup solution supports a "backup server to cloud" configuration?
What online backup tool allows you to:
A) Back up Windows, Linux and optionally Mac desktops and servers to the cloud
B) Do so by first backing up to a central server or appliance
C) Allow restoring ...
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The CPU and memory is limited in the Cloud, So where is the scalability?
I don't understand cloud, the CPU is limited, Memory is also limited, where is the scalability? Isn't it just the same like VPS with more expensive cost for bandwidth?
So what scaling advantage is ...
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What web server / plat form should I use? (Cloud / virtual / dedicated / shared)
Hi I am an experienced website developer but have not had much experiences of hardware server con fig.
I am starting a new job and need to sort out the companies website requirements.
They need php ...
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Lightweight, but robust enterprise backup solution [closed]
Looking for a backup solution primarily for Windows clients (XP/7), that will either back up to 2 different servers (1 on site, 1 off site - internet - can be our own server), or back up to 1 server ...
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Using multiple PaaS Vendors
I am developing a SaaS App, and I want to decide for a PaaS Vendor. Since one of my biggest concerns is uptime, is there an application or service, that allows me to use several PaaS Vendors (like ...
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Excessive hosting costs
A client of mine is getting billed around ~$1400 per month for hosting. However the site is only averaging roughly 200 hits per day and it serves no large files nor videos.
It's hosted with http://...
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Can I provision half a core as a virtual CPU?
I am virtualization newbie. Please advise on these questions. Please note using a commercial VM software like Citrix or VMware is not a choice for me.
I have at my disposal a couple of 2x 4 core ...
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Question regarding uptime strategy for website
I'm working on a website where we need to have a good deal of uptime. Specially in the short bursts (15-day periods) that the website's events happen.
The page is dead simple and can be served ...
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Logging and Log-viewing tool for cloud?
I have an app which simply logs to a file. I am planning to deploy this app on cloud. If I deploy it on AmazonEC2 instances (multiple), I would want to monitor logs of every instance.
Something which ...
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Hosted datacenter vs Cloud datacenter
What exactly is the factor that differentiate/classify/categorize/determine between a Hosted datacenter and Cloud datacenter?
At an abstract level, if datacenter is a physical place where it is used ...
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store image installation error in UEC
to my college final year project we planned to setup the private cloud on the two machines.
I recently installed Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) on two of my machines . I was trying to install the ...
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cloud image installation error
to my college final year project we planned to setup the private cloud on the two machines.
I recently installed Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) on two of my machines . I was trying to install the ...
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monitoring Amazon EC2 instances without cloudwatch
I would like to monitor the following on Amazon ec2 instances loaded with amazon linux, every X minutes :
disk statistics
process stats (similar to what top does)
ram usage
check if my scripts are ...
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Cant access file from http://192.168.1.2:8774/preseed/preseed.conf in Ubuntu cloud controller
While installing node controller I receive this fatal error:
Failed to retrieve the preconfiguration file
The file needed for preconfiguration could not be retrieved from
http://192.168.1.2 :8774/...
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Cloud vs traditional iSCSI, xen, drbd, etc
I was wondering, how does a 'traditional' virtual machine setup with storage on iSCSI, with a fallback using DRBD, nodes with Xen installed the 'normal way', storing their images on the iSCSI target, ...
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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud - Can I use a normal VPN Connection
I want to use amazon VPC so that I can connect directly to cloud-based databases and application servers over a secure VPN connection.
From the description on Amazon's site it appears to require a "...
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Migrating away from Rackspace (slicehost) to Amazon
After yet another Rackspace outage (ongoing as I type this, no ETA) I'm forced to look at options.
Rackspace has simply not delivered the uptime that my customers expect and I'll admit that I'm ...
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Amazon EC2 as load balanced/failover solution
I'm thinking of an idea but not sure the pros/cons of it.
At the moment, we are hosting our website on a dedicated server. As a failover/load balanced solution, I'm thinking to use Amazon EC2+EBS.
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MySQL is killing the server IO [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
MySQL is killing the server IO.
I manage a fairly large/busy vBulletin forums (running on gigenet cloud), the database is ~ 10 GB (~9 milion posts, ~60 queries per second), ...
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How to interpret Rackspace server diagnostics?
We've been having some trouble lately with our site timing out during times of high traffic.
We're working on a number of things to resolve it. During this process I came across our server ...
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Does a VPN requirement kill the concept of having a Web Application in the Cloud?
Recently I posted a question in SO, but so far I got no answers. I wonder if I'm asking the wrong question.
This is the problem:
We need to design an application which
offers a public http web ...
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mysql with DRBD on rackspace
I am trying to set up a failover secondary MySQL server that is a mirror of my primary MySQL server using DRBD. The problem is that I am on a rackspace cloud server and I need a second partition on ...
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Any cloud storage for backups (upload by passing a http-link)
We have our backups available via direct http and we are serching for a cloud provider with a feature:
We should give a backup http or ftp link to it`s control panel or api and it should upload this ...
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Interaction between two Clouds
I have setup the Cloud-A with 1 - [CLC+CC] and 2 - [NC] computers. I have another Cloud-B with same configuration using the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud
Both of them working fine individually, in the same ...
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How Ubuntu cloud version enforces the "no root login" over ssh?
I'm looking to tweak ubuntu cloud version default setup where is denies root login.
Attempting to connect to such machine yields:
maxim@maxim-desktop:~/workspace/integration/deployengine$ ssh root@...
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Azure cloud app subdomain pointing to actual domain
Say we have a domain xyz.com registered with some registrar ... we pointed that domain to the name server of our dedicated server where the DNS will be hosted for that domain.
Now, we just want that ...
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Help needed with Amazon EC2 / rackspace cloud terminology, to pick a good provider
I have a rackspace linux server with 512 MB of RAM and a Linux Micro instance on EC2 (it has 613 MB of RAM).
I wanted another bulkier instance for a new web app our company is deploying. I am ...
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Any cloud framework with a PHP/REST API?
I'm actually considering starting to offer my own cloud service and i was wondering if anyone knew a cloud infrastructure management software which is actually 'free' and 'production ready'.
My ...
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Cloud VPS requirements
i'm planning to sign up for a VPS account to use for websites and SVN repos and similar. What i'm currently plans to host is:
2 Java Servlet webistes with low traffic (Tomcat/JBoss/GlassFish)
A few ...
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What is a bucket on EC2?
I'am new on the Amazon Cloud World, and i trying hard to understand how this hosting works. I can't found any articles about buckets. What is buckets, anyway? Someone know a good article/book about ...
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How can we protect data on managed hosts(vps, cloud, etc)?
These hosting facilities tend to be great, they are cheap and work well compared to other alternatives. Though while being cheap, there is a compromise to be made and I want to know if there is a way ...
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Hosted VPN Server
I would like to find a way to allow multiple computers to securely join a shared network. Ideally we would like to find a complete hosted solution, or run a server on Rackspace or Amazon EC2. I have ...
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Cloud like P2P setup
Why hasn't someone created a cloud setup, multiple computers acting like one, like p2p? Where one computer listens to multiple others in a collective then if one goes down is not a problem; it just ...
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What is the mininum hardware for a cloud? [closed]
What is the minimum hardware require to run a cloud? Most setups I have seen require high end CPU's and a lot of ram and I mean 4+ Gb of ram. Is there a way to setup a personal cloud on single ...
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I have 8 server-grade machines used for development. Should I create a VPS cloud?
My idea is that each user can spawn a VM, then use dist-cc to do compile using other VMs in the cloud.
Is such practice common in development environment? Would performance be much worse than just ...
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Verifying hosted VOIP PBX uptime
For the second time, I'm outsourcing my VOIP hosting to a provider, whom I have to trust their sales pitch of 45 minutes down per 365 days. Is there an automated way I can test their server(s) ...
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Where is the best place to buy fast CPU time? [closed]
I sometimes have some data processing jobs to run, but my laptop is not fast enough (2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo) or don't have enough memory (4 GB). It may need to run for days.
I want to buy fast computing ...