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by drjoem 5474 days ago
i am wondering why these companies wern't using EC2?
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That brings up an interesting point: can the FBI seize EC2 servers?
Of course they can. If they get a judge to sign their warrant they can seize anything they please.
EC2 is not always a good substitute for dedicated servers for numerous reasons, I/O performance chief among them.