Good cloud database hosting company?
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I've been messing around with Cloudant for a while now and it seemed like it was going to be good. The problem is that I can't get anything to work on there. I try to generate an API key and it just says "database took too long to respond". And when I create users in the _users section of the database and add them in a _security file inside the database I want them to access it won't recognize the passwords even though I followed their article exactly. So what I was wondering, is if there's any alternative to Cloudant (either SQL or NoSQL) that has similar pricing. It needs an HTTP REST API. I looked at a few but I don't have the money right now to pay a monthly database hosting fee. Would it be a bad idea to just write a REST interface to my game's website and use the SQL database that I get with my web hosting?
Take a look at Parse.com and StackMob there are a whole host of cloud based data services out there now. They have all the native API u might need and they even do server side hosting and IAP now. They also have "free" tiers which should be enough to get you started at no cost.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
You might look at Amazon DynamoDB: http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/
Not sure how pricing compares. but this basically looks like a massive, managed MongoDB deployment where you pay by the byte stored and by the query.
Not sure how pricing compares. but this basically looks like a massive, managed MongoDB deployment where you pay by the byte stored and by the query.
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What kind of hardware stats do servers usually need to run a database like couchdb or mongodb? They just need a big hard drive and a fast network card right? I'd be doing mostly storage and not any heavy processing. I was thinking it might work to cluster some old computers and run the database myself.
With those cloud DB you get scalablity. They run on virtual instances on a cloud server farm usually off the Amazon backend. So if u don't use alot of memory or traffic u probably can get away with using their "free" tier indefinitely. Running your own DB cluster is just a headache I would rather avoid when u can get someone to do it for u for free. Most of them give u the option to export your data if want to migrate to another service, but I can't see why u would host your own cloud DB if your game gets big enough that's just asking for trouble..
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Thanks for the responses everyone. I've got enough of an idea about what I'm getting into now to make a decision.
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