I would like to get a list of good cloud hosting companies and what is offered by each. I specifically would like to focus on companies that can handle ASP.NET 3.5 and SQL Server 2008. Hopefully their are more options out there, other than Mosso. :)
GoDaddy has a great deal, check out my post below.
I went to a talk on clouds a few weeks ago and the speaker recommended GoGrid for Windows. Amazon, of course, for Linux.
I actually hadn't heard about Mosso till now.
There's actually an 'unannounced' Microsoft cloud in the works called Red Dog. Ballmer promises an announcement by the End of November
Microsoft SQL Server data services for the SQL server and ElasticHosts for the ASP.NET
SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) are highly scalable, on-demand data storage and query processing utility services. Built on robust SQL Server database and Windows Server technologies, these services provide high availability, security and support standards-based web interfaces for easy programming and quick provisioning.
Also look at www.flexiscale.com/ - like Amazon EC2's pay-per-machine hour charging model, but with Unix & Windows machines available.
Only gives you multiple machines / hour; doesn't have any automatic load balancing etc.
I attended an Amazon seminar two weeks ago on their AWS serivces and they are planning a Windows host that is in beta.
http://theenterprisecloud.com http://terremark.com
Disclaimer: I work here...
They offer Windows Server 2008, .NET 3.5 and SQL Server 2008. As well as SQL Server 2005 and Silverlight hosting.
Very good host. I've had my blog hosted with them for about 5 years now without any real issues at all.
There is a Mono/Apache AMI (Amazon Machine Image) for Amazon EC2 for Fedora right now, if you can't wait for their Windows hosting which is coming to EC2. Details here:
Remember on AWS you are paying for idle time too, which means when Apache is sat there listening for connections you're still paying.
This of course doesn't solve your SQL Server problem. Discountasp as mentioned, do SQL Server 2005/2008 hosting (200mb database) for $120 a year but that's not really cloud computing, just hosting.
Keep your eyes out for news at the PDC conference at the end of this month. Microsoft is announcing a slew of solutions. Search the web for Microsoft Red Dog and that'll give you a head start.
GoDaddy is now offering a cloud hosting solution called Grid Hosting. It has a pretty good starting package, and since it is in beta, it is $4.99 a month!!! (for the beta only)
Anyway, check it out, I am going with this for now, since my site isn't production yet.
I use GoGrid for running a Windows Server 2008 instance with IIS7 and SQLServer2005 Express. Been using them for 3 months now and happy with service so far. As you have control over the server you may be able to install SQLServer2008 Express instead??
New server instances are simple to setup and run. They charge per CPU hour with lots of different configurations to choose from. You can't yet bundle/save your instance (with the changes you'll make as you manage and patch your server) like you can with Amazon. I think this feature is coming soon though.
Also happy to recommend ORCSWeb though it's been a couple of years since I used their services. They provided a great service for the database-driven sites I hosted on them in the 3 years I used them.
Amazon ec2 can support anything, because you control the instances. Highly recommend it.
Azure is Microsoft's hosted cloud solution. It is priced similarly to EC2.
You pay for compute hours, bandwidth, and storage. http://www.microsoft.com/azure/pricing.mspx
They also offer SQL Azure for a SQL Server 2008 based solution in the cloud.
WebRudder.com might be one you want to checkout for Windows Cloud Hosting for a good price while still being business class. They support both technologies you specified ASP.NET 3.5 and MSSQL 2008. As an ASP.NET developer I've been very happy with their service for almost a year now.