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Platform as a Service (Paas)

Platform as a service (PaaS) is a category of cloud computing services that provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure typically associated with developing and launching an app.

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What should I do to scale out a high-traffic website?

What best practices should be undertaken for a website that needs to "scale out" to handle capacity? This is especially relevant now that people are considering the cloud, but may be missing out on the fundamentals. I'm interested in hearing about…
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Doesn't dockerfile initial configuration defeat one of the key arguments of docker?

I'm very excited about Docker, if you're a developer in a big project you've suffered too much at the machine hands of environments and multi-platforms. One of the key selling points of Docker is that by snapshotting/committing image state you avoid…
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How do cloud platforms-as-a-service measure CPU time?

I'm currently assessing Google App Engine, and one of the answers from Hidden limitations of Google App Engine? stated: Performance will surprise you. GAE is optimized for many tiny queries and you get warned if a query takes any CPU time at…
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creating platform for multiple webapps

I have already built a nodejs webapp that I want to make available as a service, but I don't know the next steps to automate the whole thing given the following steps : people come to my website and create an account for a free trial by…
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Seeking Tips on PAAS Architecture

I've developed a java web app using Vaadin, and using Jelastic/MassiveGrid as the PAAS. However, I need advice on proper architecture for my needs. Desired Outcome: Users land on my homepage where they can read about the app's features, pricing,…
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Deciding between applications and services in CloudFoundry PaaS

I need some clarification on an aspect of CloudFoundry architecture guidelines. CF has two major concepts - applications and services. CF-Applications can consume CF-Services using the CloudFoundry infrastructure to create and manage service…
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Updating ip address for custom domain

I'm looking to transfer the ipaddress for my site from one ip address to another. Reading through the Register.com documentation it says that it may take awhile for the DNS changes to replicate/propogate. Since this transition includes a different…
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Is a Mission Oriented Architecture (MOA) a better way to describe things than SOA?

I might sound like a troll, but I would like to seriously understand this deeper. The place I work at has started to use the term MOA, versus SOA as we believe it drives more clarity and want to compare it to the true goals of SOA. A Mission…
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