services provided on-demand and easily scale up and down
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Looking to build a 2 java applications. should it be web-based application or standalone application?
The first application (web-based) will be located at site1 and once the information is processed, it will be sent to the second application(web-based) located at site2. Application2 needs to be able ...
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1answer
82 views
Stack for building a searchable image service [closed]
I've been building web services & sites with Django & PostgreSQL using pieces like Redis, Memcached, RabbitMQ, etc. for a few years now.
I'm about to build a new kind of service (for me), ...
5
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1answer
160 views
Setting up a development environment in the cloud? [closed]
I'm interested in transitioning my development environment onto the cloud.
I currently use VirtualBox with Vagrant to manage separate virtual machines for each individual project.
What would be the ...
2
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2answers
149 views
Open Source Cloud Computing
Recently I realized that the most popular social platforms on the net are in the hand of just a few companies, Google, Twitter, Facebook, to name just a few. Taking into account the world changing ...
2
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2answers
211 views
Will it be okay to use Amazon Glacier for everyday data retrieval?
I am planning to use cloud storage for my app. What my app will do is retrieval of users data and user authentication and have the ability to sync data continuously.
Is it a good idea to use Amazon ...
6
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2answers
167 views
Free cloud web service development [closed]
I am looking for a free (as in beer) combination of services, for learning "cloud SW development" and very small scale private use (say, a private streamlined web shopping&todo list with simple ...
26
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9answers
2k views
Why didn't “cloud computing” offer appear earlier?
Cloud computing is a model of renting resources - servers and data storage. Both servers and data storage have been around for much more than a decade so far. Yet cloud computing offers only appeared ...
7
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4answers
254 views
How/where to run the algorithm on large dataset?
I would like to run the PageRank algorithm on graph with 4 000 000 nodes and around 45 000 000 edges.
Currently I use neo4j graph databse and classic relational database (postgres) and for software ...
2
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1answer
104 views
How to manage many mobile device users at server side?
I built a social Android application in which users can see other users around them by GPS location. At the beginning thing went well as I had low number of users, but now that I have increasing ...
3
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1answer
77 views
Combine auto-syncing cloud and VCS
This question brought me to another question: is there any VCS/tool for a VCS which automatically backups your source code between the last checkout and current changes?
I had the problem of loosing ...
2
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1answer
295 views
Storing Projects on Google Drive (Cloud)
I've started using Google Drive for my cloud needs and backing up pretty much everything. I've got the app installed so it auto-sync's all my content in most things.
My question is this, I am ...
6
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4answers
586 views
What makes Erlang suitable for cloud applications?
We are starting a new project and implementing on our corporations's instantiation of an openstack cloud (see http://www.openstack.org/). The project is security tooling for our corporation. We ...
1
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1answer
163 views
Are any live online Oracle Instances available for learning PL/SQL? [closed]
I want to learn Pl/Sql but do not have Oracle installed in my system. Are there any live instances to which I can connect to?
3
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2answers
215 views
What's the benefit of Azure ACS if ASP.NET 4.5 includes OAuth and OpenID providers?
Azure ACS offers OAuth and OpenID providers, and now that ASP.NET 4.5 offers the same thing, without the added cost, is there any reason for a .NET developer to consider ACS?
(Disclaimer, I don't ...
1
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1answer
249 views
Is it smart to design a command and control server, that will monitor system resources and spin up/spin down servers at times of peak?
I am building an application that will be modular, in a way that it will be a set of separate systems communicating with each other. It uses Hadoop on all systems, and HBase on 3 of the 4.
Scaling ...
5
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3answers
350 views
Cloud computing platforms only have one CPU. Does this mean I shouldn't use Parallel Programming?
Almost every cloud instance I can find only offers one CPU. Why is this only one CPU now, and should I expect this to increase in the future?
Does this design impact my code design so that I exclude ...
1
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1answer
144 views
Auto update for application hosted on multiple servers on cloud
I'm working on an application which will run on multiple Amazon EC2 instances. I wish to incorporate auto update feature for my application. The updater should update all the Ec2 instances. Also, ...
0
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0answers
68 views
Azure Drives, Azure Disks, Azure Images - What are the performance and cost tradeoffs?
I understand REST-based storage, and how xDrive (PDC 2209) works, but I'm confused by all the drive types specified in this MSDN blog post.
That blog describes Drives -vs- Disks (which sound ...
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2answers
1k views
Why .NET and C# are not available on Cloud Platforms?
I checked Google App Engine and Heroku but both don't support .NET/C# applications. Even though Google App Engine shows support for Windows Azure, but in the supported languages it doesn't show C# or ...
11
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6answers
2k views
How to learn Cloud Computing and Big Data at home? [closed]
I want to learn Cloud Computing and Big Data at home.
Is it possible to learn these technologies on home PC?
Which technologies to learn in Cloud Computing?
Which technologies to learn Big Data ...
3
votes
2answers
339 views
What kind of hosting do I need? [closed]
This question was migrated from serverfault, where it was closed as not constructive.
Personal note: This type of questions are not appropriate in this place nor on serverfault. It's my opinion that ...
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3answers
97 views
How should I host our scalable worker processes?
We are designing a new architecture for an enterprise business. The principles we've followed so far is not to develop what you can (possible buy and) deploy, ie, don't reinvent any wheels.
In this ...
0
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1answer
246 views
What is the canonical resource on multi-tenancy web applications using ruby + rails
What is the canonical resource on multi-tenancy web applications using ruby + rails. There are a number of ways to develop rails apps using cloud capabilities with real elastic properties but there ...
1
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2answers
85 views
How to handle file access transactions properly?
I'm looking for good practices or any advice regarding file access transaction mechanisms. We will have multiple instances of an application spread over a redundant network (cloud) watching a ...
1
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2answers
200 views
OCCI for non-web application
I am writing a non-web application (written in java) which will allocate cloud resources. I want to make it compatible with as many providers as possible. Is it wise to use OCCI interface? Will it be ...
0
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1answer
546 views
Suggestions for final year project (something in cloud) [closed]
I'm interested in cloud and distributed computing. I recently heard about Apache Hadoop. Also checked HBase, Hive, Cloudera and other extensions. Can i take any of these topic, extend it further for ...
0
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2answers
205 views
How to solve a fundamental cloud data storage dispute?
I'm working for a company that has recently hired me to create a new version of their existing software, which is now over 12 years old. The new software is a complete re-write of the old and they ...
3
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2answers
211 views
How to provide SaaS integration with enterprise systems (from the SaaS provider perspective)?
I'm doing some general research for a potential SaaS project. The solution we are considering creating will need data integration capabilities with various enterprise systems.
I understand that SaaS ...
3
votes
1answer
210 views
Large Ecommerce Site Topology and Deployment Guidelines
Problem
I am a lead engineer for a highly trafficked eCommerce website (upwards of 1m page views an hour). For various reasons we have the opportunity to rebuild large portions of our ...
0
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1answer
542 views
Storing documents in Database vs CMS in JSF, Seam, Hibernate application on cloud
I am about to start with an application using JSF 2, Seam 3, Hibernate and Hibernate search with the following characteristics:
Users will be uploading documents (pdf, doc).
There can be millions of ...
2
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5answers
249 views
What's the key innovation in the realization of the “cloud?”
I'm trying to figure out what are the key technological innovations or inventions that the "cloud" introduces as an improvement over web pages; or maybe over SAAS.
Seems to me that "cloud" is merely ...
7
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1answer
319 views
How can I gather client's data on Google App Engine without using Datastore/Backend Instances too much?
One of the projects I'm working on is online survey engine. It's my first big commercial project on Google App Engine.
I need your advice on how to collect stats and efficiently record them in ...
15
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5answers
550 views
Is cloud computing just a way of renting resources?
The company I work at recently hosted a web service in Windows Azure and announced that. Now trade online magazines say lots of meaningless stuff like "company X moves to the cloud", "company X drops ...
3
votes
1answer
354 views
How to store a simple DB “in the cloud”?
Even though the name is similar my question is not a dupe of the very fine question here:
Database in the cloud?
I've got a webserver (Java/Tomcat) running a webapp (which I wrote) on a dedicated ...
4
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3answers
811 views
Starting a new startup/web application, how to choose a hosting provider? [closed]
When creating a new startup related to a web application, how to choose a hosting provider ?
Assuming the code of the web application is oriented DDDD (Distributed Domain Driven Development) to ...
3
votes
6answers
307 views
Is the cloud ready to replace core business systems?
Questions like this have been asked before (like here), but a lot can change in a year.
My company is very interested in migrating core systems to the "cloud". Non-technical upper-management doesn't ...
2
votes
6answers
452 views
Secure cloud based code storage and syncing across multiple computers
I've been thinking recently about how and where I keep my code - I work across multiple locations, with at least three different computers and I'm considering how I manage my code across these ...
3
votes
3answers
550 views
People's experience of Cloud Computing (using Force.com) [closed]
I would like to know about people's experience of working with APEX and the SalesForce.com platform, was it easy to work with? How similar to Java and C# is it? What did you like? What don't you like? ...
0
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3answers
110 views
Local and cloud editions?
I have a .NET web server application I'm building that I plan to host at a .NET cloud hosting platform, like AppHarbor with SQL server. It will be used by multiple small groups of people to record and ...
1
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3answers
139 views
How should I communicate the specifics of cloud computing (as compared to other)
A meeting today went well where I explained that cloud computing which one of the persons recognized was something else than a traditional RDBMS and I said that cloud computing is that everthing is ...
0
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6answers
527 views
Do some languages make it easier to build graphically-intensive GUIs?
I made an algorithm that has a good potential use for a commercial application. I'm thinking of making a GUI, and since it's computationally expensive, I'm thinking of putting it "on the cloud" to ...
2
votes
1answer
73 views
How can you demonstrate scalabity and load balancing property of a cloud application on Windows Azure?
For my project I want to develop an web application with Windows Azure as the platform using C# language. The idea is to host the website of a University on the cloud. Whenever it announces the ...
4
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2answers
235 views
What is a good intro to cloud-computing architecture?
Awhile ago I tried reading about Google App Engine, from its site and from the Wikipedia article. What I realized was that not only did I not understand what it did, I didn't even know what problem it ...
1
vote
1answer
96 views
Should there be restrictions on the use of the word “cloud”? [closed]
There have been fairly frequent instances of services being completely unavailable as a result of a single site outage, despite those services being "on the cloud".
To me, this completely defeats the ...
0
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5answers
262 views
Do Web Applications and The Cloud provide better Career Opportunities than Systems Programming?
As the years progress , I can't help but see how web apps and the cloud is replacing normal computer software. Developers of systems programming languages like C/C++ are going down the hill and PHP / ...
3
votes
3answers
329 views
Sharding and Cloud computing
I've read that Facebook uses this technique DB sharding to manage its data volume and that the idea of cloud computing is elastic resources. So I'm wondering does the cloud instance take care of ...
3
votes
9answers
318 views
What is “The Cloud”? What do I say when people ask if my web service is “on the cloud”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is “the Cloud” and how does it relate to development?
First some context: I don't understand what people are asking when they ask "It it on the cloud?" ...
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5answers
522 views
What does Private Cloud mean?
I read through a few discussions in SE about Cloud Computing . From them, I understand cloud as "computing / data-storage facility that is owned by a different entity; using hardware & software ...
8
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2answers
274 views
When is cloud database right for me?
Some say that DBaaS (database as a service) -- aka cloud database -- is not suitable for Business Intelligence (BI), analytics (OLAP) or archiving.
Is this true? More generally, when DBaaS is the ...
1
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1answer
90 views
How do you control nodes in a server farm?
I've been reading about hadoop and multi-node setups, and it says in the documentation that you must have a JVM and hadoop software already running on those nodes.
My question is, do people install ...
