NYCPHP Meetup

[Jon Baer]

Id agree w/ someone else + say @ least look at EC2 from Amazon ...  
here is a good podcast on the subject ... http:// 
www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1728.html

The main point of using the service is that when you hit that spot  
where you say "the customer is out growing the hosting solution" you  
fire up as many new EC2 instances (ie full virtualized servers) that  
you need, and when/if the load drops you kill the instances.  Ive  
never really understood the need for a "queue" service in a web app  
until I listened carefully to the podcast and put the true automation  
aspect together, where you can say if there are x reservations in the  
queue I need y instances.  When the job is done go to z instances.  I  
think more and more will drop the whole idea of "managed hosting" (as  
in racks/co-lo/disk/memory) and look at what parts of their app need  
the scalability and use something like EC2.

Just a thought.

- Jon

On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:44 PM, Hans C. Kaspersetz wrote:

> Who is the Managed Dedicated Hosting provider of choice today?  I  
> have a quote from RackShack and would like to seek some competitive  
> bids.  Since Cyber X Designs typically provides the hosting  
> services, I am not sure who to go to for quotes.
>
> So what does this have to do with PHP?  We developed an airline  
> reservation system for regional carrier in Alaska.  The system is  
> written with PHP/MySQL.  It includes booking, ticketing, servicing,  
> frequent flyers, corporate accounts, ect.  It is pretty damn cool  
> and the customer is out growing their current hosting solution and  
> I am tasked with finding another hosting provider.
>
> I know this topic is covered every couple of months on the list.  I  
> am looking for timely recommendations from experience, I know you  
> guys must be provisioning these services for your clients and  
> employers.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Hans Kaspersetz
>
> Cyber X Designs
> Denville, NJ
> Looking for a web design company in New Jersey? http:// 
> www.cyberxdesigns.com