Amazon SimpleDB is a distributed database written in Erlang[1] by Amazon.com. It is used as a web service in concert with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Amazon S3 and is part of Amazon Web Services. It was announced on December 13, 2007.[2]
As with EC2 and S3, Amazon charges fees for SimpleDB storage, transfer, and throughput over the Internet. On December 1, 2008, Amazon introduced new pricing with Free Tier[3] for 1 GB of data & 25 machine hours. Transfer to other Amazon Web Services is free of charge.[2]
- ^ What You Need To Know About Amazon SimpleDB
- ^ a b "AWS | Amazon SimpleDB – Simple Database Service". Amazon Web Services, Inc.
- ^ SimpleDB - Free Tier - A shift in AWS pricing Archived 2008-12-25 at the Wayback Machine