Skimping on AWS EC2 bills

[Vitaly]

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.shapira at 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 <aviram at 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.shapira at 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
>>>
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