I have a large (~40gb) SQL Server 2008 database that I would like to move to the cloud. The database uses a lot of SQL Server 2008 specific (and non-specific) features (SQLCLR, xml, indexes, partitions, etc). Thus, my preference would be to use the exact database, but in the cloud. What are my options? The new SQL Azure only allows smal...
Is it possible to setup a VPN using openVPN on heroku to keep a staging environment private? If so, anyone have a writeup or links? ...
Simple question, doesn't seem to have been directly asked yet. What are the benefits to storing files (images/videos/documents/etc) on Amazon S3-and-related vs. on the File System your app is deployed on? It seems that the general consensus is to store files on the File System over the Database (here and here), but where does the Cloud...
I'm going to build a high-performance web service. It should use a database (or any other storage system), some processing language (either scripting or not), and a web-server daemon. The system should be distributed to a large amount of servers so the service runs fast and reliable. It should replicate data to achieve reliability and a...
What might be the considerations for building a real time screen sharing service (some where close to shared view or live meeting) on top of Windows Azure? Please share your thoughts. For this, it is obvious that we've to create a custom TCP/IP server - to which clients can connect to and exchange (publish/retrieve) data real time, over...
I'm currently in the process of building our ASP.NET C# 3.5 Web site and I have been looking at Azure as our possible hosting environment and I had a couple of questions that I couldn't really find answers for on their website. I would appreciate if someone could help me get these figured out. 1) If I setup a single cloud server with my...
I'm looking to confirm or refute the following: For what I have read so far it is not possible to write a web application with only javascript -- no server side logic -- served from Amazon S3 that also store data only to S3 if you need to have multiple clients with private data per client. The issue I see is the Authorization header re...
I wish to set up a CPU-intensive time-important query service for users on the internet. A usage scenario is described below. Is cloud computing the right way to go for such an implementation? If so, what cloud vendor(s) cater to this type of application? I ask specifically, in terms of: 1) pricing 2) latency resulting from: - slow ...
Most of the reporting tools are designed to work on Relational data using SQL queries. With upcoming cloud data storage options that stores data in an non-relational format, what are the current reporting options. The answer would be helpful by providing the common cloud data storage and the corresponding reporting tools. Thanks. ...
I'm having a weird problem with my web application when it is hosted on Azure. Basically the issue is that I have one page that goes to the database and when my application's connection string points to my SQL Azure DB, I get a blank response for that particular page (By blank I mean when you view source you see absolutely nothing). Wh...
I wondering if anyone has tried a pure cloud based development setup, and if so how? Background: I'm going traveling for about six weeks in Costa Rica, my wife has already forbidden the laptop. I'm worried about being able to provide support to some of the projects I currently have going. While I won't have access to my laptop, I wil...
Possible Duplicate: What is Cloud computing? I read the Wikipedia article on it and am still confused. I know there is a great deal of hype these days surrounding 'Cloud Computing', but what is it exactly? From a programmer's prespective: If I am creating a web service that process all my business rules and data storage ...
Sorry if this seems like a stupid question but im actually having a hard time finding a straight answer. I know PNRP is MS's technology for implementing peer-to-peer but how does it actually work - i mean im assuming when you register your address in the global cloud that it is actually contacting a Microsoft server to find a peer addre...
Does anyone know if it's possible to host a SQL server in the cloud and connect an ASP.NET app hosted on DiscountASP? I'd like to consolidate my SQL Server instances but keep the web app hosting where it's at. There are various reasons for I want to do this and I don't particularly want to get into it. I don't have any experience wit...
In the era of SOA and Cloud Computing, we often hear the term "Variability in Web Services". I think it means how an implemented web service can be modified to the new requirements of user or geography. Still what would be a good definition of this? ...
I'm trying to setup a private cloud. I followed the tutorial from: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC/CDInstall But I'm not able to run a new image. Every time I try to start an image, the VM goes into the pending state and after a while it moves into shutting down mode and finally it terminates. This behaviour is reported in the o...
Hello everyone!. I am developing a website which then will be used as a service that I provide, a site like CRM and the people entering register and pay a monthly rent for the site will contain sensitive information of people who use it. There are rules or standards to follow for these kinds of sites? To give an example the PCI standards...
Hi, I was reading up on Amazon's ec2. And I think that apart from the usual uses: hosting stuff, servers, etc, it could also be used for hosting your development environment. Benefits: Being able to log on from any computer and start developing Works even on the weakest of atom notebooks. Easy options like making snapshots and clones...
Hi all, It seems the hype about cloud computing cannot be avoided, but the actual transition to that new platform is subject to many discussions... From a Theoretical viewpoint, the following can be said: Cloud: architectural change (you might not install anything you want) learning curve (because of the above) ...
Hello. In my quest to build a site that has blogging capabilities, I am searching a blogging service. Please note that I am not interested in installing something like wordpress in-premise. I am looking for a service which will provide me with APIs to read and write blogs and be responsible for persistence and performance. Needless to sa...