I don't know what type of load JIRA presents but for low load private stuff a raspberrypi or something similar (for heavier but still fairly 'light' stuff maybe an Intel NUC system or a mini-itx system) at home + noip/dyndns or some other form of locating it by yourself can be more then enough....
2015-01-08 11:37 GMT+02:00 Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com>: > I was thinking about running it on my own laptop, and perhaps I will. > > But that would mean leaving it on around the clock which I don't want to > (I'm very conscious of power consumption, both economically and > environmentally), and I don't carry it with me most of the time but would > like to have access to my server from both my mobile and workplace. > > On 8 January 2015 at 19:59, Vitaly <li...@karasik.org> wrote: > >> Amos, >> IMHO, it's not technical, but more "human" issue. For example, as far as >> you decide that you need Jira every last day of month, you can launch >> instance automatically. >> But typically Jira usage is more random, so I don't think there is >> technical solution exist. >> If you're the only Jira user, why don't run it from your own computer for >> free? >> >> And, BTW, AWS reserved instances allow you to modify everything; plus >> up-front pay isn't must anymore. >> >> regards, >> Vitaly >> >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:40 AM, Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Yes I'm well aware of the RI option. It can save up to %70 for high-load >>> (i.e. machines which are up 24/7), but much less saving compared to >>> something that you can keep bringing up and down on demand. >>> Also the up-front cost is not cheap, and commits you to that type of >>> instance (as far as I remember, you can't buy switch or upgrade an RI slot, >>> what's paid is paid). >>> >>> On 8 January 2015 at 12:47, Aviram Jenik <avi...@jenik.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm not an AWS expert and would love to hear from those who are. But we >>>> do have a few (dozen) instances on AWS. >>>> >>>> We have them running 24/7. I get that you could start and stop on >>>> demand, but don't get how you would do that without changing the way you >>>> work in a drastic way (compared to a physical machine). To save costs, buy >>>> a 'reserved instance'. You are paying up front for 1-3 years (I recommend 3 >>>> years) and then paying a very very low cost per hour. If your load is low, >>>> buy the 'low load' machine to save even more costs (but then you pay hire >>>> fees if you cross the threshold). I don't know how this works well enough - >>>> we always buy the 'high load' instance and buy them for 3 years; the total >>>> average cost is equivalent to what we would have paid for the hosting and >>>> so the hardware is "free". >>>> >>>> >>>> - Aviram >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Do people here keep EC2 instances running? >>>>> Do you leave it running 24/7 or do you fire them up when you need them? >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to run my own EC2 instance running $10 Jira + $10 Confluence >>>>> (+$10 some extra useful add-ons) (to clarify - these are one-off $10 for >>>>> each product), but can't justify running a $30/month small EC2 (and >>>>> perhaps >>>>> more, Jira alone requires 1.5-2GB of RAM) just to be used at most a few >>>>> hours a month if not less. >>>>> >>>>> But logging in to the console to fire it up (or through aws cli, or >>>>> using an Android based app) every time I want to access it also would be >>>>> inconvenient. >>>>> >>>>> So is there another way? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> --Amos >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Linux-il mailing list >>>>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>>>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> <http://au.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-il mailing list >>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>> >>> >> > > > -- > <http://au.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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