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EC2 as a full-fledged VPS for Windows

I use Amazon EC2 to host a recently released website, mainly to evaluate traffic requirements, etc., before moving to a more specialized host. I currently use a small copy of Win2k8 + SQL and pay about $ 80 per month.

Now that the site has been running for a month, I am considering longer-term VPS solutions. However, I am a little surprised at the price. I do not see a significant price difference between EC2 and a special VPS (usually a difference of $ 20 for a similar level of equipment). I'm also a bit worried, because some of the links posted here for VPS recommendations don't seem to work anymore (i.e. I'm sure Amazon will stay next year, but it doesn't seem to be for all VPS).

My questions:

  • Does anyone use EC2 for a full, dedicated Windows server hosting, and is there any reason not to? I specifically note that EC2 is a cloud provider on demand, temporary workloads, therefore, my curiosity about its suitability as a specialized provider.
  • Are there any Windows VPS recommended that have been in business for some time and offer economic benefits just to run on EC2?
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I have several EC2 servers running commercial websites, and I am very pleased with the price / performance ratio and overall quality / stability.

The main reason I could look elsewhere was to improve / cheaper support ...

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I believe that EC2 will be costly in the long run. It’s also a little surprising that you cannot find any VPS provider that is at least half the cost. Most of the first two pages on Google search are much cheaper for a similar configuration ...

I use ZerOne Hosting, and two of them (starter) Windows VPS are planning for several clients and are very satisfied. The operating time is almost perfect (except for periodic maintenance), and since they use SSDs for storage, VPS is also very fast. They also provide backup and restore on demand. Used it once to check if it really works, and he did it, they restored the VPS for an earlier backup without any problems. Of course, this is not a cloud, so you are missing some of the features of EC2, but on the other hand, this is the reason EC2 is expensive ...

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There are problems, for example, the last time I checked, you cannot configure RDNS.

Another problem is that if you start using more than just EC2 service, your costs will start to twist. It's a pretty safe bet that a website will want to use EC2, S3, possibly RDS, and also, possibly, ABS.

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