Using Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) with an EC2 Instance

One of the differences between Amazon EC2 server instances and normal servers is that the server’s local disk storage state (i.e. changes to data) on EC2 instances does not persist over instance shutdowns and powering on. This was mentioned in my earlier post about hosting my Web site on Amazon EC2 and S3, Therefore, it… Continue reading Using Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) with an EC2 Instance

This Web Site is Now Hosted on Amazon EC2 & S3

This web site, http://www.rajiv.com is now hosted on Amazon.com’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Simple Storage Service (S3) services. They are part of Amazon Web Services offerings. If you are a technologist, I recommend EC2 and S3. To learn more about them, you can follow the links in this article. Benefits of hosting a Web… Continue reading This Web Site is Now Hosted on Amazon EC2 & S3