On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
> How much would it cost me to use my Azure VM instead of the Apache build > server? > Depends on how much you use the machine. Mustella will probably cost a lot to run. Occasional sdk builds per checkin will be much less. If you use your complimentary MSDN account, you get free credits every month, which is usually good enough to run a Large VM for around half the time and a Medium VM for the remaining of the month. Erik can probably give more details. Thanks, Om > > On 4/17/14 11:39 AM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > >> I guess my question is: what are the tradeoffs of getting a flex-only CI > >> server on my Azure VM vs relying on Apache? > >> > >> > >One disadvantage is that with Azure VM, we tend to run out of free credits > >around the 20th of each month. Erik usually avoids this by switching from > >Large to Medium on a particular date every month. A medium sized instance > >cannot run Mustella as fast as a Large instance. > > > >My plan is to: > > > >Use Apache's build servers to - > > > >1. Run sdk build for every checkin > >2. Create release artifacts > > > >Use Azure VMs to - > >1. Run Mustella tests > >2. Build a network of slaves to run Mustella faster by distributing tests > >across slaves. > > > >Thanks, > >Om > > > > > >> At Apache, we keep seeing other projects have build issues and require > >> configuration changes that block us. And as Om just pointed out, once > >> Infra has some other fire to fight, we can't get any support from them. > >> I > >> keep thinking it will be less total energy to use a Flex-only Azure VM. > >> > >> -Alex > >> > >> On 4/17/14 11:26 AM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski > >> ><nicho...@spoon.as>wrote: > >> > > >> >> I was talking to some of the people at a.o. infra on IRC and they > >> >>mentioned > >> >> that they have a new Windows VM that they launched for CI services... > >> >>They > >> >> are looking for people to help them test it out and get it setup. > >>Do we > >> >> have any interest in that? They would like to get this setup to help > >> >>with > >> >> some of the issues with the current instability of the Windows CI > >>server > >> >> that is out there. They are offering direct access to the slave > >> >>servers, I > >> >> believe. > >> >> > >> >> The contact is gmcdonald. He can be reached at builds@a.o. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >Yes, I am in the thread with Gavin on builds@a.o. I popped into IRC > >>last > >> >night, they were firefighting the CMS issue, so couldn't start the > >> >conversation with him. I am planning to volunteer my time to help with > >> >this. > >> > > >> >Thanks, > >> >Om > >> > > >> > > >> >> -Nick > >> >> > >> > >> > >
