[okfn-help] Fwd: Announcing Micro Instances for Amazon EC2

[Rufus Pollock]

This announcement seems very relevant for us: we often would like to
use a smaller instance to run apps (especially webapps) in a more
partitioned manner but up until now this has been difficult since this
would be very inefficient (in that we would use very little of the
instance's resources).

Rufus

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From: Amazon Web Services <no-reply-aws at amazon.com>
Date: 9 September 2010 09:23
Subject: Announcing Micro Instances for Amazon EC2


Dear Amazon EC2 Customer,

We are excited to announce the immediate availability of Micro
instances for Amazon EC2, a new, low cost instance type designed for
lower throughput applications and web sites.

Micro instances provide 613 MB of memory and support 32-bit and 64-bit
platforms on both Linux and Windows. Micro instance pricing for
On-Demand instances starts at $0.02 per hour for Linux and $0.03 per
hour for Windows.

Customers have asked us for a lower priced instance type that could
satisfy the needs of their less demanding applications. Micro
instances are optimized for applications that require lower
throughput, but which still may consume significant compute cycles
periodically. Micro instances provide a small amount of consistent CPU
resources, and also allow you to burst CPU capacity when additional
cycles are available.

Micro instances are available immediately in all regions, and we
invite you to go and try one out for yourself today! Learn more about
Amazon EC2's new Micro instances at aws.amazon.com/ec2.

Sincerely,

The Amazon EC2 Team

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