A UK startup,
Flexiscale, is now offering on-demand utility computing.
What makes it different? Here's some interesting features:
- Has Windows (EC2 only has linux)
- Static IPs (although I hear Amazon is working on this)
- Recovers your stuff automatically after a machine failure (very, very nice)
- Load balances automatically if a box you are on is getting hammered
- Can scale up on demand (EC2 has fixed specs per machine)
- Automatic scaling up (will detect overloaded machines and juice them up until the spike is over)
From the looks of it, it appears they are using standard issue Virtual Private Server (VPS) technology that is common in the hosting industry, but charging by the hour instead of by the month. Not a bad idea. The features they offer are pretty amazing if it works as smoothly as they say. The
prices are a bit higher than EC2 for an equivalent machine, but still pretty decent, definitely in the "I don't need to ask the CFO to sign off on this" range.
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ElasticHosts are another UK provider of on-demand utility computing. We support all PC operating systems, a full range of web-hosting services and a simple web interface which enables users to instantly scale their virtual servers and to take snapshots of the entire running machine state for backup.
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