Running bitcoind on Amazon AWS (EC2) help

[newguy05]

Aws has it's advantages, it takes away a lot of the security headaches and give a true global distributed footprint to any startup, allowing them to deploy nodes all over the world for fast access. Trying to do all that on your own is a nightmare.

But i really hate their pricing structure, nick and dime you for every little resource usage.

I am currently using linode.com, $20 a month true root access, no issues.

[U1TRA_L0RD]

Aws has it's advantages, it takes away a lot of the security headaches and give a true global distributed footprint to any startup, allowing them to deploy nodes all over the world for fast access. Trying to do all that on your own is a nightmare.

But i really hate their pricing structure, nick and dime you for every little resource usage.

I am currently using linode.com, $20 a month true root access, no issues.

They just charged me a free trial for 103 dollars, I contacted them already.

[jlp]

Aws has it's advantages, it takes away a lot of the security headaches and give a true global distributed footprint to any startup, allowing them to deploy nodes all over the world for fast access. Trying to do all that on your own is a nightmare.

But i really hate their pricing structure, nick and dime you for every little resource usage.

I am currently using linode.com, $20 a month true root access, no issues.

Did you find linode.com to be cheaper and better overall than AWS?

Do you plan on running your web app and bitcoind on one or two remote servers?

[Gordon Bleu]

On AWS you can create a Snapshot of your Machine, something AMI don't know exactly.
But i save all my Machines as Snapshots saves some Time.

[Bitcoin-Monster]

Linode is cheaper and better if you dont need all the various services provided by AWS. AWS is overpriced.

[jlp]

Linode is cheaper and better if you dont need all the various services provided by AWS. AWS is overpriced.

I just found this:  http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/thousands-of-bitcoins-stolen-in-a-hack-on-linode

Thieves stole Bitcoin from Linode clients.  If Linode is insecure, then shouldn't it be last choice for hosting?  Which hosting company, that provides virtual Linux servers, is secure?