Sanjay Arora wrote: > > Hello all > > Is it possible to host postgreSQL on Amazon's cloud? What are the issues > involved? > > With best regards. > Sanjay. > > You create postgres on EC2 in the same way you would on any Linux server. I created one on the Amazon-Fedora AMI about a year and half ago by uploading the binaries for postgres and compiling. No problems. I compiled to insure compatibility with the OS and processor. At the time, all of Amazon's AMIs were 32 bit even though the processors were 64 bit. I don't know if that has changed. You don't need S3 to run postgres, but S3 provides a convenient storage for backups and S3 is where you store your customized AMIs. My concerns at the time were the one spindle per processor limitation (since changed), no permanent IP (since changed) and concerns about losing the database if the processor or anything else hiccuped. The last concern has been addressed with the advent of Elastic Blocks. So we are about to try it all again and see if it will work for us. -Cheers -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/postgreSQL---amazon-ec2-cloud-tp22302502p22626764.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
