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I need to develop a cloud-based solution. My questions are:
What will be the best solution, the easiest api?
For development I will need an hosting service of the same api, what hosting will be the best for development?
From googling around, I found right now the CloudStack to answer all my questions, but before diving into it, I will appreciate any comment.
Regards,
Meir
CloudStack is an IaaS solution. If it answers your questions, then you’re looking for a cloud that hosts VM rather than applications (Platform as a Service aka PaaS) or offers a specific service (Software as a Service aka SaaS).
Most IaaS clouds conform to the AWS (Amazon Web Services) model (e.g. OpenStack, CloudStack, the update to Windows Azure). They have VMs, volumes, security groups, zones, etc. The APIs are all RESTful.
Whether a cloud is the easiest depends on the quality of tools, client SDKs, your programming competency, and, most importantly, whether the API provides the specific IaaS functionality you are looking for.
E.g. CloudStack’s original API has delegate administration, which allows one account to create resources on behalf of another. For a Cloud Service Provider looking to offer their cloud to middlemen or outsources, delegated admin is very useful. However, AWS has a very good .NET SDK, and a number of tools understand the EC2 API.