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PHP Clouds

PHP Clouds
Written By
Jason Brooks
Jason Brooks
Jul 1, 2011
1 minute read
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PHP Clouds

1

Each subscriber cloud gets its own of EC2 instances, with MySQL database service provided from scalable, multi-tenant MySQL instances.


JumpStart

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The service includes a handful of “jumpstart” templates for getting up and running with popular applications and frameworks.


Application Details

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Jumpstart templates require little configuration to get up and running.


Mediawiki

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I tested PHP Fog with Mediawiki and with WordPress, both of which were available in template form.


phpMyAdmin

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PHP Fog enables users to access the MySQL database associated with their application through phpMyAdmin, the popular Web-based MySQL administration tool.


Database Settings

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PHP Fog charges $2 per GB per month for database size beyond an included 20MB capacity.


Application Stats

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The service provides for application stats and diagnostic information through a partnership with SaaS-based application performance management vendor New Relic.


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Application Scaling

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PHP Fog service tiers correspond to different Amazon EC2 instance sizes, and are priced per server per month. Pricing is pro-rated per day, so a customer can opt to scale server count up or down as needed, and pay accordingly.

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