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Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 14:00:26 -0400
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Subject: Re: HBase cluster over multiple EC2 Availability Zones?
From: Otis Gospodnetic <otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com>
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Re traffic and free vs. not free - Amandeep was right - according to
http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/#DataTransfer it's NOT free.  The
AWS person I recently spoke to about this told me it was free, but I
guess it's not!

Otis
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On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Otis Gospodnetic
<otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Actually, cross-AZ traffic is actually free.  It's cross-Region
> traffic that's not free.  I realize the cross-AZ (translates to
> cross-DC) traffic will be slower, but I wonder if there are any HBase
> (or HDFS)-specific reasons why one should not attempt to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Otis
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> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Amandeep Khurana <amansk@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've not come across anyone spanning clusters cross AZ. You pay for cross
>> AZ traffic and the link is slower than within a single AZ.
>>
>> Amandeep
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Otis Gospodnetic <
>> otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Do people spread HBase clusters over multiple EC2 Availability Zones,
>>> or is that a big no-no?  Cross-AZ communication is supposedly going
>>> over fast fiber optic cables.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Otis
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