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]]> By: Guy Rosen http://www.jackofallclouds.com/2009/11/gogrid-cloud-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Guy Rosen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:14:39 +0000 http://www.jackofallclouds.com/?p=490#comment-325 @Michael, thanks for taking the time to respond directly. Regarding the VM launch times: I concede that 8 minutes is not average. The average is 6 minutes (this from a calculation I just ran on 20 launches - GoGrid's job history makes this easy to do! (-: ). The fastest time was 4 minutes and the longest 9 minutes. We have grown accustomed to expecting 4 minutes to be the worst case - not the best. This is definitely something GoGrid should be working on. @Michael, thanks for taking the time to respond directly.

Regarding the VM launch times: I concede that 8 minutes is not average. The average is 6 minutes (this from a calculation I just ran on 20 launches – GoGrid’s job history makes this easy to do! (-: ). The fastest time was 4 minutes and the longest 9 minutes.

We have grown accustomed to expecting 4 minutes to be the worst case – not the best. This is definitely something GoGrid should be working on.

]]> By: Michael Sheehan http://www.jackofallclouds.com/2009/11/gogrid-cloud-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Michael Sheehan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:04:55 +0000 http://www.jackofallclouds.com/?p=490#comment-324 Just a quick note to readers of this. While Guy's analysis is helpful, it often does not accurately reflect GoGrid numbers. The very nature of Cloud Computing is that it is dynamic with VMs being deployed and removed regularly. Also, since we offer Hybrid Hosting (connecting Cloud front-end infrastructures with back-end dedicated servers), there may be more infrastructure "behind" the cloud. While I can't disclose exact numbers due to some clients' privacy concerns, our internal numbers are higher and continue to grow. AWS does provide many features, but they are self-service and up to you to join together for full functionality. We offer real f5 Load Balancers (no Elastic LBs), static contiguous blocks of public IP addresses, persistent storage on VMs, Windows Server 2003 & 2008, free 24x7 support, and competitive volume discounts (recently revised)...just a few quick differentiators. Lastly, we continue to improve launch times of VMs, especially sequential instantiations of VMs. The 8 minute number is not average. Thanks Guy for continuing to provide insight into our Cloud and other Clouds out there. I look forward to continuing to work with you on fine-tuning your analysis. -Michael Sheehan Technology Evangelist for GoGrid Just a quick note to readers of this. While Guy’s analysis is helpful, it often does not accurately reflect GoGrid numbers. The very nature of Cloud Computing is that it is dynamic with VMs being deployed and removed regularly. Also, since we offer Hybrid Hosting (connecting Cloud front-end infrastructures with back-end dedicated servers), there may be more infrastructure “behind” the cloud.

While I can’t disclose exact numbers due to some clients’ privacy concerns, our internal numbers are higher and continue to grow.

AWS does provide many features, but they are self-service and up to you to join together for full functionality. We offer real f5 Load Balancers (no Elastic LBs), static contiguous blocks of public IP addresses, persistent storage on VMs, Windows Server 2003 & 2008, free 24×7 support, and competitive volume discounts (recently revised)…just a few quick differentiators.

Lastly, we continue to improve launch times of VMs, especially sequential instantiations of VMs. The 8 minute number is not average.

Thanks Guy for continuing to provide insight into our Cloud and other Clouds out there. I look forward to continuing to work with you on fine-tuning your analysis.

-Michael Sheehan
Technology Evangelist for GoGrid

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