I only tried gnome on ubuntu because that's all I really know. I am sure there are other options, but there is definitely plenty of RAM for running it. You might be able to run something smaller to help keep the computations down, but I am not the person to ask about that.
Also, you can try micro instances out for FREE for a good amount of time on Amazon, at the moment. Nothing to lose there. I had to dig around but I found the "OFFICIAL" ubuntu images to run off of. Note that many (most?) of the images (AMI?) that are out there are people's home brew images, which may contain malicious software in them. On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Eugene Kononov <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks, Judson. I have a question about the EC2 micro, since you used it. > What would you use to run GUI based apps such as TWSGateway and JBT on a > Linux micro EC2 instance remotely? > > > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Judson Wilson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've played with micro in different contexts, and I was not impressed. I >> would not use it. It goes from fast to VERY slow over different periods of >> time. >> >> I did compare small for 24 hours a day, I think, a while ago, and it just >> didn't make sense. Maybe it does now. I am too lazy right now to wake up >> at like 3AM to turn it on in the morning. >> >> 256megs of ram is enough, no problems there, so long as you are running >> one single instance of JBT from the command line (not from within eclipse). >> >> Back when I did the math, linode was the best choice. >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Eugene Kononov <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> >>>> .. and it seems the micro instance should be enough (with Linux) 613MB >>>> RAM. It is only unclear what bursts of CPU means and >>>> what their standard is (i.e., continuous CPU usage ok?) >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, 613MB RAM should be enough. You can confirm it experimentally by >>> running JBT in the trading or forward testing modes with this options: >>> -Xms512M -Xmx512M. In regards to the CPU usage, JBT consumes very little, >>> unless it's running the optimizer. The only possible issue withe "micro" >>> instance is that it lists the I/O performance as "low", compared to the >>> "moderate" for the small instance. If the "I/O" refers to the disk I/O, we >>> don't care, as JBT uses very little of that. However, if this refers to the >>> network throughput, it could mean that the latency may be more significant >>> with the "micro" instance. >>> * >>> Micro Instance* 613 MB memory >>> Up to 2 EC2 Compute Units (for short periodic bursts) >>> EBS storage only >>> 32-bit or 64-bit platform >>> I/O Performance: Low >>> API name: t1.micro >>> * >>> Small Instance* >>> >>> 1.7 GB memory >>> 1 EC2 Compute Unit (1 virtual core with 1 EC2 Compute Unit) >>> 160 GB instance storage >>> 32-bit platform >>> I/O Performance: Moderate >>> API name: m1.small >>> >>> I'll probably sign up for the "micro" instance, and see how it goes. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
