Cloud Computing with Persistent Storage
This post from Amazon Web Services caught my attention:
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2008/04/block-to-the-fu.html
With the ability to dynamically create S3 storage and mount it as a file system on your EC2 instances, virtualization and pay-for-usage is likely to become a great option for hosting of SaaS applications.
Looking at the pricing, it seems like a couple of application servers, a database server, and a ton of persistent storage can be had for right around $1000/month. That really changes the economics of deploying an app, particularly for early stage companies. Even if you disregard the capital investment for hardware that is avoided (which could be tens of thousands), that's a very competitive monthly operations fee.
It will be really interesting to try this out when it is available later this year.
Dan Hardy
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