Amazon SimpleDB

Question

Has anyone considered using something along the lines of the Amazon SimpleDB data store as their backend database?

SQL Server hosting (at least in the UK) is expensi

Answer 1

We are using SimpleDB almost exclusively for our new projects. The zero maintenance, high availability, no install aspects are just too good. And for your Ruby developers, check out SimpleRecord, an ActiveRecord like interface for SimpleDB which makes it super easy to use.