Integrate Basecamp Classic with Amazon EC2

Basecamp Classic, a web-based project management and file sharing application, is used by companies to provide online collaboration for their teams. It has been around since 1999. In 2006, 37Signals, the company behind Basecamp Classic, launched Amazon EC2 – a cloud computing platform that allows users to run server-based applications using Amazon's infrastructure. This paper will focus on the integration between Basecamp Classic and Amazon EC2 to allow users to store their files in a cloud-based storage system.

Basecamp Classic allows users to store data on their own servers or on a third party host. Third party hosts include Amazon S3 and Rackspace Cloud Files. These third party hosts offer users more storage and bandwidth than the free plan offered by Basecamp Classic. However, they are also more expensive than the Free Plan and require more maintenance than the free plan.

Amazon EC2 is a cloud computing platform that allows users to run server-based applications using Amazon's infrastructure. Users are able to scale up or down their servers as needed, which reduces capital costs and operating expenses because they don't have to purchase equipment up front for a full year. They can pay by the hour for their use of Amazon's servers. Amazon also uses virtualization technology so that they only need to purchase enough hardware for the current demand. This means that there is no idle capacity and no wasted space. It also gives them more flexibility in terms of where they can locate their data center. Amazon EC2 offers three different instances – General Purpose (the most common), Compute Optimized, and Storage Optimized. General purpose instances are great for running any kinds of server-based applications while compute and storage optimized instances are good for running high performance computing jobs, big datasets, scientific applications, and media streaming. A general purpose instance costs $0.10 per hour and a compute optimized instance costs $0.15 per hour. Storage optimized instances are currently not available for Windows servers but they currently cost $0.125 per hour for Linux servers.

By using Basecamp Classic with Amazon EC2 it is possible to cut costs as well as provide redundancy for your data storage needs. Instead of paying a third party host to store data you can use the free plan offered by Basecamp Classic and then connect it to an Amazon EC2 instance to store the data in a different location. This way if there is ever a problem with the data on your server it will be backed up automatically because it is synchronized with the Amazon EC2 instance. It is also cheaper than paying for additional storage on a third party host given that Amazon EC2 uses virtualization technology to reduce its hardware requirements and subsequently its costs. It is more flexible than paying for an additional plan from a third party host because it allows you to move between different instances depending on what kind of server-based application you are using it for.

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