Should I use amazon EC2 or S3?

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Hi,

I am new to Amazon Web Services, and I have read the documentation about the AWS products. The closest products to meet my needs is EC2 and S3.

What I want to do is, I need to host some php files and a single MySql database. Its not a website, I just need a host(instance). My php files are not very heavy, and so for the database.

I am not sure if I should use EC2 or S3, any advice?

mysql php amazon-ec2 amazon-s3 aws

asked February 27, 2011 8:47 pm CST

cloudff7

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S3 is for data storage only. You cannot run any sort of processes on S3. As such, you'll need at least one EC2 instance on which you'll run your database and webserver. The EC2 instance will also hold your php files, you could possibly use S3 for storing your static files, though.

answered February 27, 2011 9:24 pm CST

ErikA

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