Cloud computing: scalable DB

[Scott Rossi]

Not sure if this would help but Mark Smith created a Rev library for working
with S3:

<http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-libS3-td326689.html#a326
689>

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design




Recently, David Bovill wrote:

> I'm looking into an application which needs a highly scaleable back end
> database. One with low up front costs and yet won;t fall over if it
> suddenly
> takes off. I've noticed Jerry and others describing On-Rev in terms of
> "cloud" storage - but AFAIK it is a simple shared host, and there are no
> services on offer with regard to scaling or true cloud computing?
> 
> So - I am looking at using true cloud based database solutions. On-Rev
> would
> provide that administrative functions but web plugins on users own web
> sites
> would directly call the cloud computing backend. I'm looking to prototype
> this in revWeb and then implement the plugins in a suitable AJAX framework.
> It seems to be that this is now a reasonable approach to take given the
> existing state of these services - but I'm only reading about them and
> would
> love some feedback from others on the list.
> 
> In particular I am looking at using Amazon - either their
> SimpleDB<
> http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=2552&cat
> egoryID=146
> ,
> or their Relational Database
> Service<http://aws.amazon.com/rds/?ref_=pe_8050_15319810>,
> but maybe also Google equivalent services? Anyone tried these - I've only
> used Amazon S3 for file storage to date?