Skimping on AWS EC2 bills

[E.S. Rosenberg]

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.shapira at 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 <linux at 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.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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