I just tried to start an EC2 instance that was laying there for a while. Well, it refuses to come back up. Luckily, I have a recent snapshot of this server so instead of trying to figure out how to deal with it, I can just create a new one and attach the snapshot. So […]
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Quick fix – Increase the size of your EC2 volume
A common issue I get to deal with is of clients outgrowing their AWS micro instance. In most cases the server that holds the database and also serves the application. As time goes by, the hard drive starts to fill up with data and log files, at which point, the application might stop responding and the company requires a […]