Amazon EC2 opens beta to all software developers & biz
16 Oct '07
3 min read
"One of the most common requests from developers during our limited beta was for larger, more powerful instances," said Peter DeSantis, General Manager of Amazon EC2. "Developers wanted the ability to use Amazon EC2 for more compute-intensive, memory-intensive or storage-intensive applications and now they can."
Amazon EC2 customers now have the choice of "Small," "Large," and "Extra Large" instance types, which are set configurations of memory, CPU, and instance storage. The Small instance is the original EC2 instance type, and remains the default. The new instance types provide more memory, CPU, and instance storage, and are based on 64-bit technology. EC2 users can now utilize these different instance sizes to support an even broader set of applications and use cases.
The creators of Animoto.com, a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using patent-pending Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology and high-end motion design, are integrating with the extra large Amazon EC2 instance type.
"Larger instance types could not have come at a better time for our business," said Brad Jefferson, Co-Founder and CEO of Animoto. "We have started experiencing viral growth of Animoto since our launch last month and were beginning to get nervous about the ability of our small database instances on EC2 to handle the load. Instead of having to split our database across multiple EC2 instances, larger instances alleviatethat headache and make Amazon EC2 an even more reliable and scalable solution for our business."
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