Comments on: Amazon’s EC2 Generating 220M+ Annually http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually Cloud strategy & infrastructure Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:55:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Welcome to VMTurbo's blog « VMTurbo http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3848 Welcome to VMTurbo's blog « VMTurbo Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:56:51 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3848 [...] Randy Bias took a shot at predicting revenues for Amazon’s Web Services business. [...] [...] Randy Bias took a shot at predicting revenues for Amazon’s Web Services business. [...]

]]> By: Simon http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3804 Simon Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:59:13 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3804 The vCPU's dont match 1:1 because there is the dom0 Xen controller also sucking cycles? The vCPU's dont match 1:1 because there is the dom0 Xen controller also sucking cycles?

]]> By: tecosystems » links for 2010-01-12 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3793 tecosystems » links for 2010-01-12 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:15:33 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3793 [...] Amazon’s EC2 Generating 220M+ Annually | Cloudscaling the calculation certainly qualifies as an estimation, but still, the numbers are interesting (tags: amazon economics revenue aws ec2) [...] [...] Amazon’s EC2 Generating 220M+ Annually | Cloudscaling the calculation certainly qualifies as an estimation, but still, the numbers are interesting (tags: amazon economics revenue aws ec2) [...]

]]> By: randybias http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3768 randybias Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:39:44 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3768 It's unlikely they use redundant power supplies or power rails. The extra expense isn't justified in their eyes. You are supposed to design your application for a single server failure.<br><br>With regards to the network topology, it's hard to say in detail, although it seems like they are doing layer-3 IP routing down to the physical nodes. Probably BGP. It's unlikely they use redundant power supplies or power rails. The extra expense isn't justified in their eyes. You are supposed to design your application for a single server failure.

With regards to the network topology, it's hard to say in detail, although it seems like they are doing layer-3 IP routing down to the physical nodes. Probably BGP.

]]> By: timmw http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3767 timmw Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:08:23 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3767 Any idea how frequently they violate their 99.95% availability commitment. I'm assuming they use servers with redundant power supplies to redundant power rails, however the 8 SATA drives in a raid 0 config is concerning. I also wonder what the network topology looks like. Any idea how frequently they violate their 99.95% availability commitment. I'm assuming they use servers with redundant power supplies to redundant power rails, however the 8 SATA drives in a raid 0 config is concerning. I also wonder what the network topology looks like.

]]> By: Online Business Management Software and Services » Blog Archive » Microsoft brings WordPress onto its cloud: Automattic blogs will go Azure http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3760 Online Business Management Software and Services » Blog Archive » Microsoft brings WordPress onto its cloud: Automattic blogs will go Azure Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:47:17 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3760 [...] services, is on track to do only $200 million in cloud service revenues in 2009, according to cloud computing blog Cloudscaling. That’s out of a total expected revenue pool of more than $20 billion during that [...] [...] services, is on track to do only $200 million in cloud service revenues in 2009, according to cloud computing blog Cloudscaling. That’s out of a total expected revenue pool of more than $20 billion during that [...]

]]> By: Microsoft brings WordPress onto its cloud: Automattic blogs will go Azure | Programming Blog http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3759 Microsoft brings WordPress onto its cloud: Automattic blogs will go Azure | Programming Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:26:02 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3759 [...] services, is on track to do only $200 million in cloud service revenues in 2009, according to cloud computing blog Cloudscaling. That’s out of a total expected revenue pool of more than $20 billion during that [...] [...] services, is on track to do only $200 million in cloud service revenues in 2009, according to cloud computing blog Cloudscaling. That’s out of a total expected revenue pool of more than $20 billion during that [...]

]]> By: Turbo Talk » Welcome to VMTurbo’s blog http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3758 Turbo Talk » Welcome to VMTurbo’s blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:43:28 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3758 [...] Randy Bias took a shot at predicting revenues for Amazon’s Web Services business. [...] [...] Randy Bias took a shot at predicting revenues for Amazon’s Web Services business. [...]

]]> By: Reinout Schotman http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3743 Reinout Schotman Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:03:23 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3743 Randy, in addition to your spreadsheet and assuming wholesale cost of a MWh of $80, the energy bill is roughly US 949,000 per month or roughly half the CapEx. Randy, in addition to your spreadsheet and assuming wholesale cost of a MWh of $80, the energy bill is roughly US 949,000 per month or roughly half the CapEx.

]]> By: On Second Thought…How Big Is AWS Really? | Cloudscaling http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/amazons-ec2-generating-220m-annually/comment-page-2#comment-3694 On Second Thought…How Big Is AWS Really? | Cloudscaling Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:05 +0000 http://cloudscaling.com/blog/?p=569#comment-3694 [...] man playing with the numbers that are publicly reported by the company and mixing in some context. Randy Bias did a great job with starting the discussion of how big is AWS really! Until Amazon confirms the actual size, I thought this would be a useful contribution to the [...] [...] man playing with the numbers that are publicly reported by the company and mixing in some context. Randy Bias did a great job with starting the discussion of how big is AWS really! Until Amazon confirms the actual size, I thought this would be a useful contribution to the [...]

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