This document summarizes a webinar about launching and scaling social games in the cloud using Amazon Web Services (AWS), RightScale, and AltEgo. The webinar covered using RightScale to manage game deployments on AWS, an example social game deployed with AltEgo on AWS, and a demo of RightScale's capabilities. Attendees were invited to ask questions.
12. Watchmen – First 25 Days 21MM total get requests 236K PUT, COPY, POST or LIST requests 32.349 GB 50K render requests 250K battles 5
13. The Challenges of Success Typical top gainers see 50%+ increase per week Extreme cases include 0 – 10 DAU in first 6 weeks 0 – 35MM users in single day 100X server growth in < 4 days 12,000 cores *Single application stats deployed in the cloud today
14. The Challenges of Success Things happen fast It is hard to predict You need to maintain control
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16. RightScale provides a time-tested cloud management platformUtilize the solution that powers the most successful social games in the world today!
24. RightScale Real Customers, Real Deployments, Real Benefits Managed Cloud Deployments for 4 Years More than 25,000 users; launched 1.7MM servers Behind the largest production deployments on that cloud to date
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29. AltEgo: what we needed Reduce the complexity of deploying in the cloud Reduce the cost of human capital Painless way to clone servers, environments Fast cycle times on dev & test Automated way to launch and configure servers Unified interface to multiple clouds 20
30. AltEgo: what we got with RightScale Minimal work to get up and running Systems-level management Multi-tier, multi-server RightScale Deployments Fast dev & test cycle times Ability to reuse ServerTemplates in multiple deployments Painless revisions on multiple levels – lock off code when it’s showtime Automation with Control Auto-scaling and configuration, refine settings Fail Forward Strategy Nominalizes downtime Historical timeline – makes failure analysis easy 21
31. Full Lifecycle IT Resource Management Years? Months? Days? Hours? IT Resource Needs Maturity & Decline Production & Growth Concept & Development Niche / EOL time
32. Concept & Development PhaseAccelerate Development and Testing at a Reduced Cost Leverage pre-configured software in well-understood configurations On-demand access enables fast cycles Test many and large scale configurations
33. Concept & Development PhaseShare Configurations Studio B Studio A Studio C Publisher extends virtual datacenters to developers (or vice versa) At launch, change access privileges No migration; seamless roll into production
35. DEMO Leverage pre-built systems with RightScale Macros Re-architect your system with arrays – multi-zone and/or Region Fine tune automation Tracking and Control
38. Sign up for AWS: http://aws.amazon.com/ Get a RightScale Free account: RightScale.com/socialgaming Get the AltEgo SDK: sdk@altego.com Contact Info: AMAZON: aws.amazon.com/contact-us/aws-sales/ RIGHTSCALE:sales@rightscale.com; (866) 720-0208 More Info: www.rightscale.com/gaming Webinar archive: RightScale.com/webinars Q&A - Getting Started
Amazon Web Services is a set of primitive building blocks to enable developers to build applications and, ultimately, businesses, on our battle-tested infrastructure. So what kinds of building blocks do developers need? First, you need compute resources. The Elastic Compute Cloud, or EC2, allows developers to rent virtual computers, running in our data centers, and pay for them by the hour. Provision as many as you need – 1, 10, 1000, for as long as you need them, and you pay only for what you use (starting at 10 cents/hour). Next, you probably need somewhere to durably store and retrieve data. The Simple Storage Service, is, well, a simple storage service that allows to store and retrieve objects in the cloud using simple put and get API calls.You might need to index and query for that data, or create other structured data that you want to query, which is what we built SimpleDB.
At RightScale, we believe that your adoption of cloud computing should start here – by selecting a cloud management platform to help you. The RightScale Cloud Management Platform provides a layer of abstraction between your apps and the cloud. It offers a fast on-ramp with proven, cloud-ready solutions. It improves productivity and agility by delivering management tools and automation. And it offers complete transparency and user administration to keep you in control at all times. If you need to migrate to a different cloud for any reason, RightScale ensures your applications are portable. The RightScale Platform operates with an ever-growing list of public cloud infrastructure providers including Amazon, Rackspace, GoGrid, Flexiscale, and public or private clouds built with Eucalyptus or vCloud Express.