You could always add min spec requirements for machines to join, increase redundancy of instances ec2-wide, add quality tiers that control what machines your instances go on, etc.
Amazon could even simply benchmark your server and network connection, and compensate you as a function of that, which would drastically reduce the incentive to hook up old crappy hardware to the cloud.
It's really the idea of being able to run copies of your OWN instances locally that intrigues me though.
Amazon could even simply benchmark your server and network connection, and compensate you as a function of that, which would drastically reduce the incentive to hook up old crappy hardware to the cloud.
It's really the idea of being able to run copies of your OWN instances locally that intrigues me though.