: Just really confused about setting up my site on Amazon EC2 So I have a site that is developed in ASP.NET MVC2. I use a local instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 to test with, and that's where
So I have a site that is developed in ASP.NET MVC2. I use a local instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 to test with, and that's where all my tables/stored procs/etc. are.
Now, I want find a web server for the site and make it available to the public, and still use SQL Server as the back-end so I can just like, copy my settings over and not have to change anything.
Someone brought up Amazon EC2 to me. They said I can serve my site there, and have it work exactly the same (run on a Windows Server and use a SQL Server back-end). I have NO IDEA how to go about this. I've read through aws.amazon.com/ec2/ and it just confuses the hell out of me. I've never done something like this before.
All of the different plans confuse me. Do they include data storage? Why do they say something like
160 GB of local instance storage
when talking about one of their Standard Instance plans, but then at the bottom, Data Storage prices are talked about separately? Would I have to change anything about the way my application sends/receives data from SQL Server in order to have it up and running to the public using Amazons service?
Also, do I just like...copy all of my code over to Windows Server, set it up in IIS, copy my database into their SQL Server instance, and it's good to go?
I'm just really really confused, and I hope someone hear can shed some light on everything for me.
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If you are just getting your site off the ground, and the load is sufficiently low that it doesn't need to be powered by more than one machine, I'd avoid EC2/AWS like the plague - it's EXTREMELY expensive, and much more complex to set up that just renting a single virtual server from a web hosting company.
I run my hosting on a VPS with GoDaddy (I'm not affiliated with them at all, just a reasonably happy customer), and you can get a machine with a decent amount of traffic bandwidth for < per month. Have a search for 'virtual private server' and you'll find other providers.
You could consider using Microsoft's Window Azure cloud platform instead of Amazon's cloud as there is good in-built support for the technologies you have mentioned.
To start experimenting with Azure, you can try it out with a free Windows Azure Platform 30 Day Pass & see if it fits your requirements.
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