Yes you can. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 16:16, Srinivasan Subramanian < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Nick > > Thanks for pointing that out. I ran the command and could see ephemeral 0 > which is great .. This is mapped to /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb is mounted on > /mnt. I haven’t done any customizing and have used the standard scalr > image (app-apache-centos-ebs<https://scalr.unvired.com/#/roles/18015/view> > -CentOS 5.5 Final - AMI ami-a26793cb) > > I just need to know if I can rely on this? > > Srini > *From:* Nick Toursky <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 01, 2012 7:24 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Are there any non-EBS Base or App roles available? > > Srini, > > To ensure this is an ephemeral volume, fetch the following URL from the > instance: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/block-device-mapping/ > You'll see 'ephemeralX' entries there, which contain ephemeral block > device names. > > Regards, > Nick > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 15:10, Srinivasan Subramanian < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Igor >> >> When I start instances I find that /mnt is mapped to ephemeral storage. >> For eg in a m1.small instance, the /dev/sdb is of 160 GB and is mapped to >> /mnt >> >> When I describe the image, I cannot see the instance storage mappings. >> >> The fact that the storage exists means: Either when the image was >> registered, the instance storage was specified to be mounted or is being >> done by Scalr when it starts the instance. >> >> Can you please check and confirm? Will be a big help to me as I can get >> all my stuff on to /mnt then and get started! >> >> >> Regards >> Srini >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Igor Savchenko >> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:58 PM >> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Are there any non-EBS Base or App roles available? >> >> On 28 February 2012 10:26, Srinivasan Subramanian >> <srinivasan.subramanian@gmail.**com <[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Igor >>> >>> If I read you right, there are no instance storage backed AMIs from >>> Scalr. >>> Also the role builder will support only EBS backed. Net-net, I will >>> have to >>> use EBS backed instances only. Is my understanding correct? >>> >> >> Correct. >> >>> >>> However for temporary storage of data, I can in the instance mount the >>> instance storage and put the files in there since they do not need to be >>> persisted. >>> >> >> Correct. >> >> >>> >>> Regards >>> Srini >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Igor Savchenko >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:41 PM >>> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Are there any non-EBS Base or App roles available? >>> >>> All instances have ephemeral storage. Most likely you need to mount it. >>> >>> On EBS-based instances root FS / placed on EBS but you still can mount >>> ephemeral storage. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Igor >>> >>> On 28 February 2012 10:05, Srinivasan Subramanian >>> <srinivasan.subramanian@gmail.**com <[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Igor >>>> >>>> I don’t need S3 based. I was looking at roles which do not have EBS but >>>> instead use Instance Storage. Our App roles (bsaed on JBoss) do not >>>> need >>>> EBS (no state) and I would be happy to use instance storage. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Srini >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Igor Savchenko >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:03 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Are there any non-EBS Base or App roles available? >>>> >>>> >>>> Scalr no longer provide non-ebs shared images and Role builder >>>> supports only ebs-based ones. S3 images are very slow, also bundling >>>> process is very unstable and can take hours. >>>> >>>> Can you please describe your case, why you need s3-based images? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Igor >>>> >>>> On 28 February 2012 07:24, Srinivasan Subramanian >>>> <srinivasan.subramanian@gmail.**com <[email protected]>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I need non-EBS roles. In order to use role builder, wanted to start >>>>> with >>>>> an >>>>> App image and then customize it to create the custom App image. I am >>>>> unable >>>>> to find any non-EBS roles. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas where I can get some non-EBS backed Centos images? >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Srini >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> "scalr-discuss" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> scalr-discuss+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<scalr-discuss%[email protected]> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/scalr-discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "scalr-discuss" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> scalr-discuss+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<scalr-discuss%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/scalr-discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "scalr-discuss" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> scalr-discuss+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<scalr-discuss%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/scalr-discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "scalr-discuss" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> scalr-discuss+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<scalr-discuss%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/scalr-discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en> >>> . >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "scalr-discuss" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> scalr-discuss+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<scalr-discuss%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/scalr-discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en> >>> . >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "scalr-discuss" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to scalr-discuss+unsubscribe@* >> *googlegroups.com <scalr-discuss%[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/scalr-discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en>. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "scalr-discuss" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to scalr-discuss+unsubscribe@* >> *googlegroups.com <scalr-discuss%[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/scalr-discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en> >> . >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "scalr-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "scalr-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "scalr-discuss" group. 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