Cloud Computing from the trenches Experiences from running on EC2

Jonathan Weiss, 17.09.2010

Peritor GmbH

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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Virtual Server via API call

Pay per hour

Different instance (server) types in different regions

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The Project

Browser game hosted on EC2

2.7 million Monthly Active Users (MAU)

~ 100 servers

~ 90.000 requests per minute on average

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Architecture

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Flexibility and Scalability

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Flexibility and Scalability

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Lessons Learned

Plan for failure

Amazon is not immune to network problems. But at least you have the means to react.

Automate, Automate, Automate

Benefits are greatest, when your infrastructure is completely automated. Think configuration and deployment too!

Eventual Consistency

Things are not always immediate. Sometimes it takes a while for resources to be available (again).

Use Reserved Instances!

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Vendor Lock-in

Datenmigration und Export komplex

Keine Standards

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