Questions tagged [cloud-computing]

Cloud-Computing: Marketing term for clustered resources

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What is the maximum number of rails instances a single 256 MB RAM rackspace cloud server can support?

I know it is a vague and ambiguous question. I want to know just out of curiosity. How many instances of a rails app can I host on server with 256 MB RAM [Cheapest option on Rackspace]? Assumptions - The app is very simple with 100-200 CRUD…
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which server is best for me?

I am looking for a best hosting service for my website. My website is a PHP MySQl driven site which hase got site scrapping for more than 10 websites and near about 8-10 API pursing and some about 150 mb dat file reading(from local hard drive), and…
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I need a few minutes of dedicated server a week, but not for hosting, just to convert ogg etc

I'm completely happy with my webhosting, it's just that I need to do one little thing they won't allow, and that's run an instance of Sox to convert about 30 mp3s to ogg files, in various directories, a couple of times a week, to be done…
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Hosting solution for batch processing of data (LAMP)

I've created an app that goes out and fetches data and then processes it in batches, triggered via cron jobs. The app has no web front end, it just stores data in a DB to which I connect from my localhost and then run some analysis on said data. The…
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looking for a cloud operating system to install on my own hardware

is there something like that? I've been told that IBM has one (IBM cloud burst) anybody knows ?
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How to use LVM on Rackspace Cloud

I am trying to set up a simple but effective solution to make a backup of my rackspace cloud servers. These servers each run subversion, trac, and some database-backed custom php applications. My idea is to set up a LVM and mount a volume under,…
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Using WebSphere CloudBurst with PowerVM to AIX virtualization over a cloud

we are studying the virtualization option to reduce our datacenter cost, and this research was assigned to me. we looked into alternatives and we almost reached a conclusion that PowerVM is the only option to virtualize pSeries servers. we found no…
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vpn/Openvpn as a cloud service

I am working on creating a small cloud (any number of EC2 instances that can be deployed based on load) implementing a VPN as a service for the company I'm working for. This is basically a project gathering together various vpn resources under one…
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cloud computing ? Eucalyptus

I want to setup small cloud computing using our old 2 core server system? we are new to cloud system we have google for the same. We are looking host VM's on top any one has done pls share me doc or how to ? we have 50 plus server which we are not…
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Web Site Serving, Cloud-Computing

I'm planning a software based service. To give it a bit of context (type of traffic), assume it similar to facebook in nature (with a little GitHub thrown in). I've been trying to understand my different hosting options. I've been using a shared…
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Can a VM span multiple nodes with Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud?

With Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC, or Ubuntu's private cloud offering), can a VM span multiple nodes or only one node?
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Basic questions about OpenStack

I am asking these questions here because I could not find the answer from google. Who owns the physical servers and the OpenStack software, is it the customer or Canonical? Where are the physical servers hosted, are they on-premise (customer side)…
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Is it possible to check the latency of internet connection to a of a remote location?

I plan to travel to a distant location and access a high performance computing system (located at where I currently am) while I have arrived at my destination then. However, I am worried about the internet latency of remote access causing problems…
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Attaching Public IP address to VNIC in Oracle Cloud instance running Ubuntu 20.04 server

I am running Ubuntu Server 20.04 on an oracle cloud instance. In Ubuntu, When I type ip a it returns the following (showing only my private Oracle IP attached to the VNIC): 2: ens3: mtu 9000 qdisc pfifo_fast state…
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Automatically Login & Startup A Windows Program On Amazon's EC2 Service

How can I automatically start a program on Amazon's EC2 Windows 2008 web servers? For example, if I wanted to test the "Digg effect" on a web page of mine, how could I open 100 windows 2008 servers at once, each loading one (or two?) instances of…
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