# Have own hosting or go with Amazon?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-own-hosting-or-go-with-amazon/180205>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 14, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-own-hosting-or-go-with-amazon/180205 "2009-12-14T19:14:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/have-own-hosting-or-go-with-amazon/180205/1 "2009-12-14T19:14:51Z")

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Hi,

I want to create a site that is mostly API Provider and nothing on the  
website interfacde. There will be approximately 20 millions of records  
and it will be query heavy site. I want it to scale quickly based on  
demand. Do you think it is good idea to go with Amazon AWS?

Thanks,  
John