What are the differences (pros/cons) of using scaleout on-prem vs AWS marketplace

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sachithd

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Hi,

I'm setting up caching server on AWS. I'm trying to understand what are the differences between installing the state server on a AWS ec2 vs using the marketplace AMI. I also need to understand what are the pros and cons in each of these approach.

Thanks
 
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Aaron

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Managing your own EC2 instances with ScaleOut StateServer installed is nearly identical to using the AWS Marketplace AMI. The major differences lie in the billing model: if you're installing on your own EC2 instances, you'll need to bring-your-own-license (BYOL), after which you're only paying for the incurred EC2 usage costs. With the AWS Marketplace, it's fully usage-based billing: we provide an implicit license internally, and you're billed for EC2 usage costs + SOSS usage costs. There are some other, more minor differences between the two as well, which are detailed below:

BYOL:
  • Requires purchase of a license with pre-determined maximum SULs (server-unit licenses) and remote clients; thus any scalable growth beyond the purchased license requires sales team intervention and acquisition/installation of a new license key.
  • Monthly cost is incurred EC2 charges only.
  • You control everything from deployment to management and maintenance, including choice of OS (e.g., Windows, Linux/RedHat, Linux/Debian).
  • No integration of AWS cloud-based management in the SOSS Management Console.
  • Static backend IPs strongly preferred for remote clients, since remote clients will be configured using conventional IP addresses.
  • Virtually identical to an on-premise deployment.
Marketplace:
  • Supports up to the software maximum number of SULs (server-unit licenses) and remote clients, allowing scalable growth to meet peak demand without permanent license upgrade costs or sales team intervention.
  • Monthly cost is incurred EC2 charges + ScaleOut usage-based costs.
  • You remain responsible for post-deployment management and maintenance (e.g., system updates); our Marketplace instances use Amazon Linux (which is loosely based on RedHat Linux).
  • Dynamic backend IPs allowed (though static IPs still preferred) when using the ScaleOut-provided cloud management tools for AWS.
  • Allows AWS cloud-based management using the SOSS Management Console to perform operations like changing the scale set size.

Whether each of the bullet points listed above is a "pro" or a "con" depends on your business needs.

Please let us know if you have any further questions about the above.
 
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