Windows on Amazon EC2
Amazon annouced the availability of Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 on Amazon EC2 web services.
The pricing is as follows:
Pay only for what you use. There is no minimum fee.
Pricing for Instances Running Windows Server
SQL Server Express, Microsoft IIS and ASP.NET can be used on any Amazon EC2 instance running Windows Server for no additional cost.
| Instance Type |
Windows
|
Windows with Authentication Services
|
| Standard Small (Default) |
$0.125 per hour
|
$0.25 per hour
|
| Standard Large |
$0.50 per hour
|
$0.75 per hour
|
| Standard Extra Large |
$1.00 per hour
|
$1.50 per hour
|
| High CPU Medium |
$0.30 per hour
|
$0.50 per hour
|
| High CPU Extra Large |
$1.20 per hour
|
$2.00 per hour
|
Pricing for Instances Running Windows Server with SQL Server Standard
| Instance Type |
Windows
|
Windows with Authentication Services
|
| Standard Large |
$1.10 per hour
|
$1.35 per hour
|
| Standard Extra Large |
$2.20 per hour
|
$2.70 per hour
|
| High CPU Extra Large |
$2.40 per hour
|
$3.20 per hour
|
Pricing is per instance-hour of Amazon EC2 consumed for each instance type. Partial instance-hours consumed are billed as full hours.
(Source: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) — Running Microsoft Windows Server and SQL Server)
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