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You can use the above hardware recommendation to analyse whether a virtualized cloud hosting platform will meet your needs. For example, when evaluating Amazon's Elastic Cloud services, you can compare the instance types with the above hardware recommendations. Currently, a Medium Small EC2 instances roughly corresponds with the above Minimal Production system requirements . Therefor, it is discouraged (though it is slightly less memory at 1.7GB).  It may be possible to run a production DSpace instance site on Amazon's Small instancessmall instance to begin with, but you may need to update to a Medium as activity ramps up in your DSpace site.

If you are considering other online hosting services, always keep in mind that you need a service that offers you SSH remote access in order for you to follow the DSpace installation procedures. Many online hosting platforms offer only very basic PHP or MySQL support that don't suffice for installing and operating DSpace.

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