Questions tagged [cloud-computing]

Cloud-Computing: Marketing term for clustered resources

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using cloud computing in my small network

Ok, I understand generally about the clouds... I've been using virtualization of my servers for the last 3 years or so. Originally with vmware server, now I prefer xenserver... Although my machines are no longer permanently tied to the hardware, I…
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Best solution for cloud hosting

I'm located in Europe, and I'm looking for a flexible solution to host my Ubuntu server. I'd like to have a unique and scalable server using Virtualmin, where I could add/remove as much CPU, memory, and HDD capacity that I need. I have been…
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Why can't HybridFox be used to manage Openstack?

I have a question about using HybridFox to manage my Openstack "Cloud" I have successfully installed Openstack and have AMI's up and running via commandline Euca2ools. Can I use HybridFox or ElasticFox to manage my AMI's? I am assuming that…
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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 requirements for the MySQL server: Would it make sense…
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What's the best way to setup local DNS at a cloud host using BIND?

I run a few application clusters within a cloud-based host. We've grown to the point where I need some sort of internal DNS scheme to keep all of the servers straight. I'd like to run a server with BIND9 installed to solve this problem. Right now,…
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Can Cisco MCS 7845 I2 K9 server be repurposed for Ubuntu Cloud?

This may be a stupid question but you never know with proprietary equipment. We trying to build an internal development Ubuntu Cloud and looking for cheap hardware to use. It looks like there are some cheap refurbished Cisco MCS 7845 I2 K9 servers…
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EC2 instances keep becoming inaccessible via SSH, what could issue be? Can I use elastic loadbalancer to check SSH connectivity?

This is mainly an issue for my development ec2 server as it seems that my instance keeps becoming inaccessible via SSH. It happened yesterday so I killed that one and started a new one and happened again later today. The server still works, my web…
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What's the disadvantage of increasing the size of an EBS instance in Amazon EC2?

I used the default ebs Ubuntu image from Alestic.com But the volume is only 8GB. Is there any disadvantage?
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How does everyone set up AWS for PHP with a git workflow while worrying about distributing EC2?

I have been looking for something like heroku but for php, and after much frustration (and almost finding what I need, but not quite) we decided to just go with AWS without any other abstraction. We are using PHP 5.3 (and CakePHP 1.3), and are…
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In UEC, created volume appears, disappears, why?

I've installed UEC and got it up and running but when I create a volume and attach it to an instance it appears and disappears. and in my instance I can't seem to see it using sudo fdisk -l thanks in advance!
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Is the data in SQL Azure safe?

I am new to cloud computing. I don't know whether my question is correct. I have an application which has sensitive data. Suppose I had to move the database to the cloud. Is the data in the database safe from the vendors like Amazon and…
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Open Nebula / Eucalyptus / Xen Cloud Platform

I am trying to setup a Private Cloud( with features of Amazon EC2 like EIP, EBS and Load Balancing with Multiple Clusters ( with ability to move Clusters/VMs without downtime) Please share your thoughts Thanks
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Calculate total monthly server cpu hours

I currently have a centos 5 virtual private server. Its not maxed out. But I would like to plan to expand into the cloud from it and use the vps as a staging area at some point. How can I go about calculating monthly cpu hors and possibly total…
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How to map an address to a custom one?

Ok so first of all sorry for a rather poor title, I'll try to make up for it in the description. Secondly, bear in mind I am no sysadmin and I'm a complete noob. So here's the story: I just setup an EC2 amazon cloud, installed there one of the…
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I have php installed but it is not rendering on the webpage, instead I see a dialog box

I have php, apache, mysql etc... I am trying to view a page named "index.php", which has in it, but instead I see a dialog box prompting me to open or save the file which is a PHP (application/x-httpd-php) file.. How…
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