FYI I've updated JCLOUDS-1379, maybe AWS Pricing API Bulk API could be an elegant solution.
Best On 2 July 2018 at 10:00, Aled Sage <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Duncan, > > Agree, this can be an issue for folk not specifying the explicit instance > type - either it not working in newer regions, or it choosing a sub-optimal > instance type. > > It is tracked in: > > * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BROOKLYN-582 > * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1379 > > Unfortunately it's not as simple as updating globally. Different regions > support different instance types. Also, the closest match for minRam and > minCores will be different in different regions, and will sometimes be an > older instance type (e.g. there is no `m4.medium`, to replace the > `m3.medium` - and the `t2` instances have different behaviour with their > CPU credits). > > Also, the algorithm for minRam / minCores makes it hard to choose the most > price-effective instance. For example, m5.large has more CPU than m4.large, > but is also cheaper. The metadata in jclouds doesn't take this into account. > > But saying that, there may be some quick wins to make mismatches much less > likely. And a way to improve jclouds so that the valid instances per region > could be supplied/retrieved. > > Aled > > > > On 30/06/2018 19:16, Duncan Johnston-Watt wrote: > >> Apologies - context is AWS where it would be good to avoid matching >> requirements to hardwareId[1] not available in a given region. >> >> [1] >> https://brooklyn.apache.org/v/latest/locations/index.html#co >> mmon-configuration-options >> >> Best >> >> Duncan >> >> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 7:09 PM, Duncan Johnston-Watt < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> I appreciate that this is probably a jclouds question but the m3.xxxx >>> defaults don't work in London or Paris. Is it worth updating this >>> globally? >>> >>> Best >>> -- >>> Duncan Johnston-Watt >>> CEO, Blockchain Technology Partners <http://blockchaintp.com/> >>> >>> Twitter: @duncanjw <https://twitter.com/duncanjw> >>> Mob: +44 777 190 2653 <+44%207771%20902653> >>> LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/duncanjohnstonwatt >>> >>> >>> >> >
