Hi Ian, With AWS you can "stop" an AMI that is EBS based (most are these days). When it's in the "stopped" state, you're only paying for the snapshot storage.
One "gotcha": if you allocate an IP address, which is free while its in use, you will begin accruing charges for it while the VM is in the stopped state. So - deallocate the address before you "stop" it. Email me offlist if you have any AWS related questions. Regards, On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Ian Perkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Compared to what I have been trying to do to get a Cubox kernel compiled > (spin up an Amazon Fedora AMI, then nuke it when my window of opportunity > closes, rinse, repeat, although it did finally occur to me to snapshot the > thing, so I could pick up where I left off...), the Chromebook looks good. > And I got used to a Macbook keyboard (without all of those keys, like you > would find on a standard keyboard), so I am probably OK there as well. I > only lack time and money... and probably sanity. > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Gordan Bobic <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Depending on what your primary use-case and requirements >> arei, and whether you are prepared to do any modifying, >> you may want to wait for my Toshiba AC100 install >> instructions, and a comparative review between the two. >> >> While I think the Chromebook is great value in terms of >> performance, for general day-to-day use I find the >> AC100 "better". Obviously, this is somewhat subjective. >> >> I'll try to summarize here: >> >> Chromebook's Pros: >> - ~ 50% faster than my _modified_ AC100 (which is itself >> 40% faster than a vanila AC100) >> - _Slightly_ higher res screen (1366x768) than my >> _modified_ AC100 (1280x720 - standard is 1024x600) >> - Two USB ports (1 on AC100) >> >> AC100s Pros: >> - Smaller/Lighter (10" vs 11.6") >> - Modifiable for more/better internal storage. See: >> http://www.altechnative.net/**2012/01/24/morebetter-** >> internal-storage-on-the-**toshiba-ac100/<http://www.altechnative.net/2012/01/24/morebetter-internal-storage-on-the-toshiba-ac100/> >> http://www.altechnative.net/**2012/02/07/morebetter-** >> internal-storage-on-the-**toshiba-ac100-part-2/<http://www.altechnative.net/2012/02/07/morebetter-internal-storage-on-the-toshiba-ac100-part-2/> >> - Touchpad much better - two discrete buttons. >> Chromebook touchpad is so bad you can click it by >> just gently flexing the front of the casing. >> - Keyboard better - unlike the Chromebook it has: >> Home/End, Insert/Del, PgUp/PgDown keys. >> >> The last two alone easily offset the advantages of >> the Chromebook, in my personal view, as far as use >> on the go is concerned. >> >> Having said that - I am comparing my heavily >> modified AC100 to an unmodified Chromebook. The >> 40% overclock (with a cooling mod) and a higher >> res screen are quite an equalizer. Still not quite >> as good, but I feel the better mouse and keyboard >> win overall. >> >> Then again, if your main use case is development >> with a lot of compiling, Chromebook is probably a >> better choice. It certainly makes for a good, cheap >> build farm machine, and the extra RAM helps for that, >> too - if you can solve the storage performance issue >> somehow. >> >> Gordan >> >> >> On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:32:10 -0400, Ian Perkins <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Gordan! Might have to put that Chromebook on the holiday >>> wishlist now... >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote: >>> >>> ... are now on the wiki. They are based on dual-booting RSEL6 from an >>> SD card. >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> users mailing list >>> [email protected] [2] >>> >>> http://lists.redsleeve.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users>[3] >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.redsleeve.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users> >> > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Ian M Perkins > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > -- Al Hopper
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