MarkLogic on $40 per month

Author: Dave Cassel  |  Category: Entrepreneurism

Update (8 Mar 2012): Amazon has changed their prices again. Let’s see what the math tells us now. These numbers assume you want to run a web site 24×7, using the Heavy Utilization pricing on Reserved instances: Small: ($195 + $0.016/hour * 8760 hours/year) / 12 months = $27.93 per month Large: ($780 + $0.064/hour * 8760 […]

Modules databases versus the file system

Author: Dave Cassel  |  Category: Software Development

When you point a MarkLogic application server to some source code, that code can either reside on the file system or in a modules database. Here are some reasons why you might pick one of those over the other. Modules Database Deploying code is a transactional update — there’s no need to worry that the […]