On 11/26/2013 09:26 AM, Craig James wrote:
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> On 25.11.2013 22:01, Lee Nguyen wrote:
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> Why shouldn't we run Postgres in a VM? What are the
> downsides? Does anyone
> have any metrics or benchmarks with the latest Postgres?
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>
> For those of us with small (a few to a dozen servers), we'd like to
> get out of server maintenance completely. Can anyone with experience
> on a cloud VM solution comment? Do the VM solutions provided by the
> major hosting companies have the same good performance as the VM's
> that that several have described here?
>
> Obviously there's Amazon's new Postgres solution available. What else
> is out there in the way of "instant on" solutions with
> Linux/Postgres/Apache preconfigured systems? Has anyone used them in
> production?
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>
If you want a full stack including Postgres, Heroku might be your best
bet. Depends a bit on your application and your workload. And yes, I've
used it. Full disclosure: I have done work paid for by Heroku.
cheers
andrew
