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Azure Linux Virtual Machines
So I've set up 2 VMs (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) on Windows Azure.
Both are located in Asia - as far as I know Singapore and Hong Kong.
Since ICMP is disabled (and I'm unable to enabled it) you can run traceroute.
IP 168.63.132.219 (AS8069)
From OneAsiaHost (Singapore)
1 116.251.210.241 0.019 ms 0.008 ms 0.006 ms
2 198.32.141.141 0.284 ms 0.283 ms 0.298 ms
3 207.46.41.27 54.692 ms 207.46.41.22 66.674 ms 45.659 ms
4 207.46.41.3 30.980 ms 207.46.41.50 30.627 ms 207.46.41.48 30.812 ms
5 10.22.196.171 30.814 ms 10.22.196.159 31.217 ms 31.229 ms
6 10.175.48.177 34.284 ms 10.175.48.131 31.018 ms 10.175.48.65 30.874 ms
7 10.175.49.15 30.856 ms 30.916 ms 10.175.48.57 30.938 ms
From HostVirtual (Hong Kong)
1 208.111.42.3 0.629 ms 0.793 ms 0.775 ms
2 218.213.250.49 1.288 ms 1.271 ms 1.243 ms
3 202.40.161.120 2.569 ms 2.564 ms 2.543 ms
4 10.22.196.159 2.711 ms 10.22.196.155 2.783 ms 10.22.196.171 2.746 ms
5 10.175.48.113 2.577 ms 10.175.48.241 2.589 ms 10.175.48.113 2.531 ms
6 10.175.49.15 3.067 ms 10.175.49.81 2.590 ms 10.175.49.15 2.603 ms
IP 168.63.168.97 (AS8069)
From OneAsiaHost (Singapore)
1 116.251.210.241 0.028 ms 0.007 ms 0.006 ms
2 198.32.141.141 0.186 ms 0.180 ms 0.172 ms
3 10.22.212.215 0.394 ms 10.22.212.251 0.573 ms 0.574 ms
4 10.175.56.243 0.232 ms 10.175.56.65 0.226 ms 10.175.56.1 0.227 ms
5 10.175.57.213 0.454 ms 10.175.57.67 0.505 ms 10.175.57.87 0.512 ms
From HostVirtual (Hong Kong)
1 208.111.42.3 0.881 ms 0.820 ms 0.823 ms
2 218.213.250.49 1.622 ms 1.605 ms 1.697 ms
3 202.40.161.120 2.221 ms 2.202 ms 2.179 ms
4 207.46.41.46 3.389 ms 207.46.41.51 3.337 ms 207.46.41.46 3.488 ms
5 207.46.41.26 33.123 ms 32.540 ms 33.103 ms
6 10.22.212.255 32.834 ms 207.46.41.79 32.583 ms 10.22.212.211 32.964 ms
7 10.22.212.249 32.608 ms 10.175.56.115 32.187 ms 10.22.212.209 32.481 ms
8 10.175.57.149 32.208 ms 10.175.56.243 33.174 ms 10.175.57.131 32.607 ms
9 * 10.175.57.77 32.986 ms *
If anyone is interested I can run few more test
Comments
It's 30-day trial right?
No, we are in BizSpark and we can run up to 12 extra small VMs each month for free for 3 years.
I got DreamSpark from my education, but no free offers for me I think
OK few first impressions:
Cons:
Pros:
Total score: 8/10
https://www.windowsazure.com/de-de/pricing/free-trial/
They have a free trial as well (German)
Cheapest windows 'VPS' is ca. 7EUR / month, not bad.
@William - as far as I know for Windows you need to activate it with your own license key
Thanks. I've been playing with it as well, mainly because of MSDN.
Their panel is awesome, I agree.
I could do without the "endpoint" configuration stuff.
I wish it had a console. I changed my SSH port without setting up the right "endpoint" and had to reinstall the OS. Be extra careful with iptables :-)
The inability to resize disk is a pain, though not fatal - you can create a new one, move things over, nuke the old.
I have reported a serious bug. If you detach a disk without unmounting it in the VM OS, the VM crashes.
I do wish you could put the OS disk on a persistent disk. That to me is really a headache. I've been creating scripts to do all post-install config, since if the VM's disk dies (it's raid, etc. but still) and the VM moves, I could start with a blank OS.
Overall...I prefer EC2. But honestly I prefer a good VPS provider to either, because of the more generous bandwidth, console access, and the ability to buy the provider's stickers.
What about t-shirts?