tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834535.post1433509435188468405..comments2009-10-09T22:15:42.504+02:00Sam Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12540591184676999740noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834535.post-53923743083301053812009-10-09T22:15:42.504+02:002009-10-09T22:15:42.504+02:00NewServers has been offering a bare metal cloud for 2 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834535.post-68168907652172589172009-10-09T10:33:16.175+02:002009-10-09T10:33:16.175+02:00AMIs don't provision instantly - they need to be "imaged" from S3 onto the hypervisor host (as evidenced by their encouraging you to zero everything out, delete unnecessary files and generally reduce size to improve boot times). Nor do they need to. Kimsufi shows two stock counts: <1hr and <72hr which is good enough for most applications... the point is that you can add (and remove) them at will.Sam Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310733355707041931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834535.post-77881935585953448562009-10-09T08:29:53.585+02:002009-10-09T08:29:53.585+02:00Any thoughts or info on how long it takes to spin one up vs. a VM based Amazon virtual server?James Wattershttp://www.gartner.comnoreply@blogger.com