Should I use Amazon's AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

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Currently moving to Amazon EC2 from another VPS provider. We have your typical web server / database server needs. Web servers in front of our database servers. Database servers are not directly accessible from the Internet.

I am wondering if there is any reason to put these servers into an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instead of just creating the instances and using security groups to firewall them off.

We are not doing anything fancy just a typical web app.

Any reason to use a VPC or not using a VPC?

Thanks.

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You have raised a good concern here.

I would like to focus on the viability in terms of cost...

What about the cost factor?

I think You will be paying for that server per hour. Even if you pick $20-$50 dollars a month instance it will be something you will pay the rest of your server life. The VPN server is something you can easily set on old hardware very cheap and even free for open source solution.

Adding VPN to existing AWS servers park make sense, setting a solo VPN server on AWS doesn't. I don't think it is the best cost-effective option but that just my opinion.

Thanks,

Alisa

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