Oracle are now saying that their VM is “4x cheaper and 4x more scalable” than VMware and have created a page where you can calculate how much you will save by switching to Oracle VM.
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opsource cloud comparison
http://cloud-computing.findthebest.com/opsource have created a useful cloud comparison page comparing the amazon ec2, gogrid, opsource and rackspace clouds
- http://www.opsource.net/Services/Cloud-Hosting/Comparison
- http://www.opsource.net/Services/Cloud-Hosting/Comparison-1
or use find the best to create your own cloud grid comparison chart
Virtualisation on Ubuntu
Virtualisation on Ubuntu howtos
Amazon AWS DNS
Amazon AWS have now created a DNS service called Amazon Route 53 which you can use for an extra $1.00 per hosted zone / month.
AWS AMI VMs for < $20/m
According to the AWS Price Calculator and the AWS Price List you can now get started on Amazon AWS for less than $20/m if you choose a AWS Micro AMI instance with no storage:
- 613M of memory
- 0G ‘EBS’ storage
will cost ~ $19/m
However a more useful a AWS Standard AMI instance:
- 1.7G of memory
- 160 GB ‘instance’ storage
will cost ~ $70/m
TurnKey Linux Hub AWS Console
If you dont like the standard AWS Console you can pay extra to use the TurnKey Linux Hub (a custom aws console) that lets you start, reboot and stop and TurnKey Linux VMs and bill the credit card on your AWS account directly. According to the AWS Calculator running 4 large AMI instances for 24hrs/day will cost you ~ $1113/month.
The Cloud Market EC2 directory
The Cloud Market provides a directory of Amazon EC2 images. They scan Amazon EC2 and pull Image information, then they scan common locations of image information for extra details. They also gather information on the ‘owner’ or creator of the images and group images by their creators.
Amazon VM Import
Amazon VM Import can now import VMs to EC2 from VMware vSphere, Citrix Xen and M$ Hyper-V.
VM Import is available at no additional charge beyond standard usage charges for Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3.
Cloud Pro Cloud Magazine
The Cloud Pro cloud magazine comes from Dennis Publishing who also publish products as PC Pro, IT Pro and Channel Pro. Dennis have expertise in creating the type of articles that readers want and are geared up to keeping abreast of the latest industry trends.
ibm cloud downloads
ibm have published a directory of ibm developer downloads and ibm developer clouds