| Lunacloud | Amazon AWS | Rackspace Cloud | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Price Compute price per hour |
Cloud Server 2GB RAM + 1 vCPU + 160 GB DISK £0.0466 |
AWS Small Instance 1.7GB RAM + 1 ECU + 160 GB DISK £0.0501 +25% |
Cloud Server 2GB RAM + 80 GB DISK £0.0800 +86% |
| Network Price Data transfer out price per GB |
100 GB data transfer out £5.95 |
100 GB data transfer out £7.48 +26% |
100 GB data transfer out £12.00 +102% |
| CPU definition How each provider defines what a CPU is |
One vCPU is equivalent to a 1.5 Ghz 2010 Xeon processor | One ECU is equivalent to a 1.0-1.2 GHz 2007 Opteron or 2007 Xeon processor | Not clearly defined |
| Amount of RAM Highest amount of RAM on an instance or cloud server |
96 GB on any Cloud Server |
68.4 GB on the High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large Instance |
30 GB on the 30,720MB RAM + 1200GB Disk server |
| Extreme flexibility Cloud Server with any mix of RAM, CPU and Disk, not limited to a pre-defined set of bundles |
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| Fast server operations Create or Reboot server in less than 10 seconds (Linux) |
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| Hot resize No need to reboot after resizing server (RAM, DISK) |
Source: www.lunacloud.com, aws.amazon.com and www.rackspace.co.uk on the 2nd July 2012. Exchange rate: $1.00 = £0.63