Windows Azure or Amazon EC2 for ASP.NET MVC Development?

Question

If you want to build enterprise ASP.NET MVC applications that use MSSQL databases is it better to use Windows Azure or Amazon EC2?

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Answer 1

Roopesh gave a good description of some of the differences. Let me add to it, for your specific case.

Since you want to use Microsoft SQL Server, Azure's SQL Azure is going to be a good fit. Further, if you deploy your application into an Azure Web Role (a role is a virtual machine with a specific template, and a web role specifically runs IIS), you can then work directly with your SQL Azure databases in the same data center without incurring any bandwidth charges or Internet latency between your app and your database.

One clarification: SQL Azure does triple-replicate your data. This replication is instant, so keep this in mind when you DELETE * FROM CUSTOMERS, as this deletion is also triple-replicated. Consider this when planning your backup strategy (maybe take advantage of Azure's sync service to periodically back up to another database, either in Azure or on-premises).