Erik, If you didn't switch over to medium during the month, what do you think you'd end up paying each month?
-Alex On 4/17/14 11:49 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >Nothing. > >If you run a "medium" instance, it will be more than plenty powerful to do >all build tasks whenever needed. And with the "free credits" that come >with >the committer MSDN licences you can run a "medium" instance for about 1.5 >months every month ;-) > >EdB > > > > >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > >> How much would it cost me to use my Azure VM instead of the Apache build >> server? >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >-- >Ix Multimedia Software > >Jan Luykenstraat 27 >3521 VB Utrecht > >T. 06-51952295 >I. www.ixsoftware.nl
