Entering the Cloud

The following links explain how to get around in the Amazon cloud.

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What is the cloud?

It’s different from shared hosting in many ways. You won’t get an email containing a list of IP’s, root passwords, and logins for services like MySQL, Plesk or Webmin.

Instead you get a blank machine (or thousands if you choose). On this machine you install an operating system from an image. You set it up and turn it on.

If millions of people hit your site one morning, you can duplicate this original machine to handle the load. After the hit you can turn the extra machines off. You only pay for what you use.