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Reload this page Amazon EC2 Cloud Instances Cost Comparisons

This page analyzes the work of performance testers in cloud computing platforms.

This is one in a series on Clouds and Windows servers:

 

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  • The Competitors
  • Metrics for Managers
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    Set screen The TCO Bottom-Line Comparison

      How does the total cost of operating (TCO) servers at Amazon compare with its competitors?

      The factors to TCO.

    		 

    		 
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    Set screen Amazon's Competition in the Cloud

    		 

    		 
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    Set screen Components of Cost

      Resource AWS
      Service
      CPU EC2
      SAN Disk Space EBS
      File Disk Space S3
      Simple Database SDB
      Network Traffic - External -
      Network Traffic - Internal -
      Load Balancer -
      Firewall Security Groups

    		 

    		 
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    Set screen Amazon's Public Windows AMIs

      Here is a comparison of Amazon EC2 AMIs (Application Machine Images):

      Name Arch. OS Database AMI ID
      Getting Started on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 IIS 6, ASP.NET 2 32 2003 R2 Data Center edition 2005 Express ami-da4daab3
      Basic Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32 2003 R2 Data Center edition - ami-de4daab7
      Basic Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Authentication Services 32 2003 R2 Enterprise edition - ami-df4daab6
      Basic 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Authentication Services 64 2003 R2 Enterprise edition - ami-dd4daab4
      Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2003 64 2003 R2 Enterprise edition SQL Server 2005 Standard ami-c74daaae

      "Authentication" means a RADIUS server for single-sign-on (SSO).

      Enterprise Edition 2003 supports up to 32 GB of RAM.
      The 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition and
      the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition support up to 64 GB of RAM.
      The 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports up to 64 GB of RAM on x86-based computers.
      The 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition supports systems with up to 64 GB of RAM.
      The 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports up to 512 GB of RAM.


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    Set screen Amazon EC2 Instance Sizes

      Below is a consolidated view of information from several of Amazon's web pages on Amazon Instance Types.

      Amazon EC2
      Instances      		 Win.
      $/Hr.
      On-
      Demand      		 Linux
      $/Hr.
      On-
      Demand      		 Map-
      Reduce
      $/Hr.      		 Res.
      $/Hr.      		 Res.
      $/Yr.       		Cores X
      Compute
      Units       		OS
      bits      		 GB
      Mem.       		GB
      Sto.       		I/O
      Perf.
      m1.small (Default) $0.125 $0.100 $0.015 $0.030 $325 1 x 1 32 1.7 160 Mod.
      c1.medium High-CPU Medium $0.300 $0.200 $0.030 $0.060 $650 2 x 2.5 32 1.7 350 Mod.
      m1.large Standard Large $0.500 $0.400 $0.060 $0.120 $1300 2 x 2 64 7.5 850 High
      c1.xlarge Standard Extra Large $1.200 $0.800 $0.120 $0.240 $2600 4 x 2 64 15.0 1,690 High
      m1.xlarge High-CPU Extra Large $1.000 $0.800 $0.120 $0.240 $2600 8 x 2.5 64 7.0 1,690 High

      1 compute unit is the "CPU capacity of a 1.0-1.2 GHz 2007 Opteron or 2007 Xeon processor, the equivalent to an early-2006 1.7 GHz Xeon processor."

      The "Res." columns lists the annual payment to reserve Linux instance capacity at the discounted hourly rate.

    • The AWS Simple Monthly Calculator tallies monthly costs for any combination of services selected.

      Amazon specifies the Network I/O speed to be 250 Mb/second.


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    Set screen MapReduce / Hadoop Batch Processing

      Windows images are more expense than Linux images because of Microsoft licensing fees.

      Linux batch MapReduce (Hadoop) instances are even cheaper than dynamic Linux instances listed.

      Amazon also provides a further price reductions for reserved instances obtained with a monthly fee.

    		 

    		 
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