Hmm, that does look like it has the potential to be a good bit cheaper, even for reserved instances. I know practically nothing about EC2, but I will definitely learn more about it.
On Nov 3, 1:37 pm, new_trader <[email protected]> wrote: > perhaps you guys should think about an amazon ec2 approach: > instance type small on linux costs 0.085$ per hour > if you run this instance 8 hours a day than it will cost 0.68 $ per > day > on 20 trading days this setup will cost 13.6$ > > amazon has preconfigured linux images with a kde desktop and an > integrated NX server. > with an NX client you can access it like a remote desktop. > > you have root rights on these machine images, so you can do everything > you want > > I used this setup for my first JBTWO tests and it worked pretty fine > and straight forward. > > you can store your files on amazon elestic block storage which scosts > 0.10 $ per GB and month. > Here I have stored my JBT and TWS files. after booting the amazon > machine image (AMI) I have my JBT/TWS setup running after 2 minutes. > > my experiences with the amazon cloud are very good. > > Link to the current price list:http://aws.amazon.com/de/ec2/pricing/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JBookTrader" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jbooktrader?hl=en.
