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>
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