Atlantic.Net Challenges Amazon With Cheap Cloud Server
Net is trying to stage an end run around the massive Amazon Web Services cloud and siphon off startup companies and independent developers. Its main weapons: plentiful SSDs, virtual servers that spin up in just a few seconds, and a 99 cents per month …
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Amazon readies major cloud server reboot
Amazon Web Services will be updating a substantial number of its cloud servers, and customers are recommended to re-launch their instances in the coming days, according to AWS consultants. Amazon has not said why the reboot is happening, but AWS …
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Rackspace Reboots Cloud Servers to Apply Xen Security Patch
Rackspace had a Xen hypervisor-based cloud reboot over the weekend. Last week, Amazon Web Services told customers it was rebooting a small portion of its EC2 fleet for the same reason. The reboot is in order to patch a known issue that affects all Xen …
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