ssh lets you only use resources while you need that node. (unless you chose "Use this node as much as possible")
If I remember correctly, an agent can use around 80 MB of RAM. If your machine is quite resource-constrained, such as a Raspberry Pi that you use only sometimes for building for that platform, you may well want to save resources in case you use that machine for other purposes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/0c941b23-b884-4a72-9900-b4cb4ffb2116%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.