Introducing Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Posted by brennels on August 26, 2009
Amazon has introduced a Virtual Provate Cloud which is a new offer to it existing AWS.
“Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) lets you create your own logically isolated set of Amazon EC2 instances and connect it to your existing network using an IPsec VPN connection. This new offering lets you take advantage of the low cost and flexibility of AWS while leveraging the investment you have already made in your IT infrastructure.”
The VPC release can be read here and provides steps for data center managers to create their own VPC
It will be interesting to see the progress and adoption of cloud backup and recovery strategies moving forward. One of the new trends for 2010 will be utilizing the Amazon AWS as a backup data center to provide a low cost option to shipping and storing tape. With the recent release of the Double-Take Software Cloud Recovery application note it appears that all the pieces are in place to make cloud recovery a viable option for backup and recovery.
