What Are Differences with Amazon AWS, S3, EC3 etc.?

[rocknrollchef]

Hello: I am admittedly not-skilled on all this, looking for clarification: I created an Amazon AWS account, and started getting charged quickly - even though the 2-page test site never went live.

And then I see some offers for 12 months free with other things (S3, EC3 or whatever). Do I have to have an AWS account to get those other free trial accounts or WTF? I'm confused.

FYI I'm looking to host podcast audio on Amazon until it gets bigger numbers & go to Lisbyn or something was the reason for dealing with Amazon at all.

THANK YOU!

 

[PinguSpy]

S3 is a cloud storage.
EC2 is a cloud server.

Amazon AWS is very complicated.
I just hire AWS service from upwork to setup my site.

 

[rocknrollchef]

S3 is a cloud storage.
EC2 is a cloud server.

Amazon AWS is very complicated.
I just hire AWS service from upwork to setup my site.

Damn you have that right - they (supposedly) have 12 month free trial offers on some of their stuff, but then I got a $15 bill from AWS for 30 day billing period - which only had a 2-page "placeholder" website that never even went live!?!?! wtf So the relevant question I have: I'm looking to host audio files for a podcast - do I need a cloud SERVER or cloud STORAGE? THANKS

 

[amateurhunter]

Damn you have that right - they (supposedly) have 12 month free trial offers on some of their stuff, but then I got a $15 bill from AWS for 30 day billing period - which only had a 2-page "placeholder" website that never even went live!?!?! wtf So the relevant question I have: I'm looking to host audio files for a podcast - do I need a cloud SERVER or cloud STORAGE? THANKS

You're looking for cloud storage, S3.

 

[rocknrollchef]

You're looking for cloud storage, S3.

That's what I tried using before (along with the mandatory Amazon AWS account to use that I think)? Supposedly there's a 12 month "free tier" plan with S3, but I got that mixed up with AWS hosting and starting getting some high fees before I even went live with my site. Confusing....

 

[jazzc]

FYI I'm looking to host podcast audio on Amazon until it gets bigger numbers & go to Lisbyn or something was the reason for dealing with Amazon at all.

Since you're cost sensitive, you should be aware that amazon charges outgoing traffic like gold. Look for some hosting company that doesn't charge bandwidth - or at least, a decent charge.

 

[rocknrollchef]

I currently use Dreamhost.com for hosting misc. sites, but they don't like people using their site for hosting files ala audio podcast files. Is Amazon really that bad with costs for startup podcasts? Their prices actually seem very affordable at that level

Since you're cost sensitive, you should be aware that amazon charges outgoing traffic like gold. Look for some hosting company that doesn't charge bandwidth - or at least, a decent charge.

 

[jazzc]

I currently use Dreamhost.com for hosting misc. sites, but they don't like people using their site for hosting files ala audio podcast files. Is Amazon really that bad with costs for startup podcasts? Their prices actually seem very affordable at that level

Obviously depends on your traffic and podcast length/encoding quality.

AWS egress (i.e. outgoing) traffic is at 15c/GB. Assuming each podcast episode filesize is 25MB, that's $1 per 67 plays.

 

[mike#110]

If you don't need all the fancy stuff, and want a predictable fee each month, use LightSail.
LightSail is AWS answer to cheap vpss' like Digital Ocean or Linode.
You can get one instance free (750 hours) for one month.

 

[mike#110]

Also, with most AWS products you are charged by the hour.
So most of the fees should stops the moment you delete/shutdown/ the resource.

For example, if you attach an extra block device (extra virtual drive) to one of your instances, and later shutdown your instance.
You could be charged for keeping that extra block device attached to our instance, even if the instance is shutdown/deleted and the extra drive is not in use.

It happened to me once on the free tier and I ended up paying like 10 bucks for that month.

 

[rocknrollchef]

If you don't need all the fancy stuff, and want a predictable fee each month, use LightSail.
LightSail is AWS answer to cheap vpss' like Digital Ocean or Linode.
You can get one instance free (750 hours) for one month.

thank you will check it out