Amazon Web Services vs OpenShift

• AWS (Amazon Web Services) is not the easiest virtual service to set up but once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy to install new instances (servers) and stop them. This is good for multiple reasons e.g we run multiple tests and live production servers for our different services. When we are done with one we can easily turn it off. The cost of the specifications on our virtual servers is only a fraction of the cost of what we would get locally or even on most traditional web services companies.
• Amazon Web Services can be relatively cost efficient depending on where you are coming from. For our smaller organization, we felt the cost was worth it as other alternatives were not as affordable. The good thing with AWS is you only pay for what you use. If you want S3 (Simple Storage Service), you can pay for that. If you want to run a compute engine, EC2 can be paid for. At the end of the month, you get one bill based on your usage.
• Because of our size as a company, AWS was easier to deploy compared to local dedicated solutions. All we had to do was take our development team through a simple 2-day course to get them on board. The ease of deployment means that we do not have to hire a specialist to deploy servers for us.

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• Pre built cartridges, giving a huge range of software ready to go. Reduces the amount of time required to get up and running.
• Integration with GIT was an advantage, cloning the repo and making changes was straight forward.
• Speed, creating an environment in minutes, ready to deploy.

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• Better user support would be nice. It seems hard to find help when you need something specific from an Amazon employee.
• Even though the prices are set up for enterprise they do seem high for small to mid level businesses, compared to other alternatives.
• It would be nice to be able to have some type of DB security built in to the EC2s or as a default.

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• I would like to see a public cloud using OpenShift and Docker integration. I am not aware if this is already available now.
• I would like to see a tool that can help with extracting log files from the remote server like it being available on a Samba shared folder. And other applications that want to scan for keywords in the application log can check if there have been any errors or exceptions thrown by the application.

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• We are able to test new ideas quickly using AWS hosting.
• We are able to move from conceptual POC to fully hosted/architected cloud solution in minimal time.
• We are able to build solutions that are 100% cloud as well as cloud-hybrid that orchestrate between our datacenters and the AWS cloud.

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• Cost - OpenShift is extremely inexpensive. I use a free account for Dev and QA. For production, I am planning on using a low cost paid subscription.
• Time - You can get your application up and running in minutes so if you find that the service is not for you, you don't have much to lose.

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