Ask HN: unix home in the cloud?

Re:Ask HN: unix home in the cloud? by inetsee on Friday December 03, 2010 @08:31AM (#1965702)

If you can get by with something really lightweight, Amazon has their new EC2 micro instance. It's free for the first year (for new AWS customers), then an on-demand instance runs 2 cents an hour. You can't beat those prices with a stick.

More details about what's included can be found here: "http://aws.amazon.com/free/

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Re:Ask HN: unix home in the cloud? by strayer on Friday December 03, 2010 @08:51AM (#1965753)

I am considering that, but shutting down during off hours so as not to run into a bill of >$200 a year (I'm not a new customer).

I am curious about people's experiences with using them for that purpose.

I found using EC2's non-micro instances somehow inconvenient because boot times seemed to be too long for casual use, plus I had to pay extra for a permanent IP. Maybe I'm too lazy, or perhaps the micro instances are more suitable for that purpose?

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