Etzion, just a question: "Amos 0 if you can customise your instance to be very very light," - what do you mean by that?
Your description is close to what I have in mind. As for the changing IP address - this can be easily overcome using Elastic IP and/or no-ip.com and friends. Thanks, --Amos On 13 January 2015 at 08:11, Etzion Bar-Noy <eza...@tournament.org.il> wrote: > Except that NUC costs about 700+ ILS (I have three. I know. This is the > Celeron version). > Amos 0 if you can customise your instance to be very very light, and it > can startup in about 15 seconds or so, it is acceptable to have it > on-demand. You can wrap it in a script (using AWS API and tools) to just > start it up. Since it will be about 15 seconds boot/startup time, you will > find that very economical, and very simple to achieve. In any case, > considering your requirements, this does seem to be the most simple and > easy solution. Note that your IP *will* change each time you start your > instance, so your API interface should also tell you what's the IP address > of the machine (or you could use some no-dns service, but it will probably > be slower). > > Etzion > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:57 PM, E.S. Rosenberg <esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il> > wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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>
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