4. USED TECHNOLOGIES
• Socket Communication
• Google Protocol Buffers
• Java (Runnable JAR – Based on Netty)
• Postgresql
• Postgis
• Apache
• PHP Backend (Based on Codeigniter)
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6. WHY WE USE AMAZON
• We have heavy load peaks (100 times higher than avg.)
• New Year‘s Eve
• Carnival
• Pay what you use
• Fast Scaling
• Intercontinental availability
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7. PROBLEMS WITH AWS
• No Custom Hardware possible
• EBS slow (Database)
• Only one Ip per Instance
• Elastic Ip takeover slow
• Instances are often scheduled for retirement
• 2 times in 3 months
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