cloud-hosting

I want to develop our new project using a PaaS provider. I'll be developing primary in PHP, but would like that the service can provide other languages too (and add-ons available too, like MongoDB, Memcached, redis, etc). I've seem some PaaS as PHPfog (and AppFog), dotCloud, orchestra.io, Red Hat's OpenShift, Pagoda Box, among others. Of all of them, I think I like most dotCloud. But wanted to know of any reviews, recommendations and comparisons between some of the big players on PaaS. What would you guys recommend? Here is a series of blog posts that I have put together that compares most of

Here's the thing: I need to take a certain Java EE web app and deploy it to Amazon EC2 (which I will need to setup first) starting next month (using the http://aws.amazon.com/free/faqs/ AWS Free Tier Usage - hope it supports Tomcat + MySQL/PostgreSQL). The problem: I have never ever deployed a Java EE app (not even a normal one on a dedicated hosting) nor have I setup an Amazon EC2 enviorment. Are there any, idiot proof preferably, tutorials/how-to's/whatever on doing it from the very beginning (signing up to Amazon) till the very end (when your app is all up and running)? I did find some

I'd like to know your experience finding a host for play applications on free or low-cost servers So far now I found the following options: Playapps (discontinued) A cloud hosting solution by zenexity, the company behind play framework module: http://www.playframework.org/modules/playapps-1.4/home princing: http://www.playapps.net/pricing Google Application Engine module: http://www.playframework.org/modules/gae-1.4/home cons: can't use mysql, should not use JPA Instead of JPA it is advised to use siena http://www.playframework.org/modules/siena-2.0.0/home nice example: http://viralpatel.net

I've got my head around creating cloud instances in AWS, Azure and Rackspace. However, I need to turn my instances off at the end of the day and on in the morning as this will half my hosting cost (they are for development). I've looked at a few management services but they blew my brains out. Is there a simple way to do this? Steffen Opel Approach You could always roll your own solution, insofar most cloud providers offer a respective API to start/stop instances on demand (or even on schedule), which is what those management services are actually using as well of course - the AmazonEC2 Java

I am looking for alternatives to the Windows Azure PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering, meeting the following requirements: The platform should provide high availability and scalability. The platform should manage/update the application server and OS for me. The platform should provide some form of NoSQL database (like Azure Table Storage or SimpleDB). The platform should natively support ASP.NET MVC , i.e. IIS & runtime environment should be automatically managed/patched for me. While Amazon satisfies item 1 and 3, it provides only IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), meaning that I still

I have a Windows Azure site which is deployed to two separate hosted services. One for test, one for production. When we're ready to push to production, we spin up a staging deployment in the production service, push there, then do a VIP swap. All good. The question is, now we want to move up from XS web instances, but it doesn't really make sense to spend the extra money on the test deployment. Is there any way to use an XS instance for test, and then say medium instances for production? I know I can change the number of instances for each service config, but I can only change the instance