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Amazon ElastiCache: All content tagged as Amazon ElastiCache in NoSQL databases and polyglot persistence

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Membase Cluster on EC2 or Amazon ElastiCache?

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While there are some advatanges for using a Membase cluster on EC2 instead of an ephemeral Memcached-based service like Amazon ElastiCache, one question remains: self-managed vs managed? Answering it is essential to undertand the final OPEX.

Advantages of using a Membase cluster instead of ElastiCache:

  • persistent vs ephemeral data
  • backup & restore
  • SASL authentication
  • using reserved instances
  • cluster elasticity with automatic rebalancing and no need to cache warming

When calculating the OPEX for each of these solutions, one would need to account for:

  • licensing fees [1]
  • monitoring, maintenance, repairs
  • salary and wages

In terms of service fees here is a quick comparison:

Membase Amazon EC2 vs Amazon ElastiCache

  1. Membase has both a Community and Enterprise editions  ↩

Original title and link: Membase Cluster on EC2 or Amazon ElastiCache? (NoSQL database©myNoSQL)

via: http://forecastcloudy.net/2011/12/06/membase-cluster-instead-of-elasticache-in-5-minutes/