Nothing. If you run a "medium" instance, it will be more than plenty powerful to do all build tasks whenever needed. And with the "free credits" that come with the committer MSDN licences you can run a "medium" instance for about 1.5 months every month ;-)
EdB On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > How much would it cost me to use my Azure VM instead of the Apache build > server? > > On 4/17/14 11:39 AM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > >> I guess my question is: what are the tradeoffs of getting a flex-only CI > >> server on my Azure VM vs relying on Apache? > >> > >> > >One disadvantage is that with Azure VM, we tend to run out of free credits > >around the 20th of each month. Erik usually avoids this by switching from > >Large to Medium on a particular date every month. A medium sized instance > >cannot run Mustella as fast as a Large instance. > > > >My plan is to: > > > >Use Apache's build servers to - > > > >1. Run sdk build for every checkin > >2. Create release artifacts > > > >Use Azure VMs to - > >1. Run Mustella tests > >2. Build a network of slaves to run Mustella faster by distributing tests > >across slaves. > > > >Thanks, > >Om > > > > > >> At Apache, we keep seeing other projects have build issues and require > >> configuration changes that block us. And as Om just pointed out, once > >> Infra has some other fire to fight, we can't get any support from them. > >> I > >> keep thinking it will be less total energy to use a Flex-only Azure VM. > >> > >> -Alex > >> > >> On 4/17/14 11:26 AM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski > >> ><nicho...@spoon.as>wrote: > >> > > >> >> I was talking to some of the people at a.o. infra on IRC and they > >> >>mentioned > >> >> that they have a new Windows VM that they launched for CI services... > >> >>They > >> >> are looking for people to help them test it out and get it setup. > >>Do we > >> >> have any interest in that? They would like to get this setup to help > >> >>with > >> >> some of the issues with the current instability of the Windows CI > >>server > >> >> that is out there. They are offering direct access to the slave > >> >>servers, I > >> >> believe. > >> >> > >> >> The contact is gmcdonald. He can be reached at builds@a.o. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >Yes, I am in the thread with Gavin on builds@a.o. I popped into IRC > >>last > >> >night, they were firefighting the CMS issue, so couldn't start the > >> >conversation with him. I am planning to volunteer my time to help with > >> >this. > >> > > >> >Thanks, > >> >Om > >> > > >> > > >> >> -Nick > >> >> > >> > >> > > -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
