Rethinking Data Infrastructure for Startups: Docker-Enabled Virtual Private Servers

Whenever a new startup navigates data infrastructure, the first choice that comes to mind is a cloud service suite like Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services. Although these platforms have several APIs and services available to help startups, there is often a huge cost associated with the greater reliance of these services. As a startup gravels these options, it becomes increasingly evident that startups need backing to pay for the increasing demand of infrastructure. Within ChanR Analytics, we managed to set up infrastructure using virtual private servers (VPS) that come from a company known as SSDNodes. These servers are very low cost (~ $100 per year) and are configurable with high RAM and high Storage. With minimal administration, one is able to already setup multi-purpose services on the server through the use of Docker containers. Examples include database hosting, application deployment, multi-core computing environments, and much more. With a limited budget, Docker-enabled VPS systems can break the notion that startups need to be backed in order to have a proper data infrastructure and can get much more productivity with lower cost. In this talk, startups will feel enabled to get off the ground to perform data-oriented operations at scale.
Main Talk Points:
*Enabling startups to consider affordable data infrastructure.
*Showcasing the possibilities that can be done within one virtual private server through Docker containers.