AWS EC2 Question

[rvyne7]

Now google cloud is giving new users $300 credit and 12 months of free trial. its very worth. i think can use for 2 years or so, but depends on what type of ec2 u choose and the hardware support. im using one of their basic ec2 instances for my pcwx server and i left $290.

I never explored possibility of Google but after checking now I think I'll pass on it too. It's too costly even their slowest specs coz of their minimum HD x300gb

can you share your specs? and is it Windows VM too?

 

[kuma-mon]

I never explored possibility of Google but after checking now I think I'll pass on it too. It's too costly even their slowest specs coz of their minimum HD x300gb

can you share your specs? and is it Windows VM too?

hi, im using ubuntu 16 because im familiar with it and i dont really need a windows VM because my scripts are not windows dependent...but they do have windows server 2008, 2010 and 2016 as an option if im not wrong.

my spec is small(1 shared vCPU) with 30gb storage. these are the available specs you can choose. of course the higher you choose, the monthly fee will be more.

i have actually contemplated between google cloud and amazon ec2. amazon is free for one year for their basic ec2 configuration but google $300 credit offer too poison so i choose that. i'm not sure if the $300 offer still available now

 

[u0206397]

my spec is small(1 shared vCPU) with 30gb storage.

How did you estimate that a small instance with 1 vCPU is enough for you? Did you do any profiling or test run or there is some way to estimate?

 

[kuma-mon]

How did you estimate that a small instance with 1 vCPU is enough for you? Did you do any profiling or test run or there is some way to estimate?

hi,

they will show your instance CPU usage over time, even your disk space, network usage etc. there will be a graph. my cpu usage have been around 40-50% usage overall. if your cpu/memory usage is too high, they will warn you to upgrade to a higher tier. oh ya you can upgrade your specs over time fyi.

oh yes, forget to tell u that that wont be any GUI for any of your ec2. im not sure about windows. everything is command based.

 

[davidktw]

...that wont be any GUI for any of your ec2. im not sure about windows. everything is command based.

One can always have GUI if one is so dead dependent on it.
In Windows Server, the most straight forward one is RDP. One can also use TeamViewer, SpashTop or VNC to have Remote Desktop functionality.

In *NIX, the most obvious one is X(Remote), VNC, NX.

If you are a veteran *nix user, you probably wouldn't be using any GUI unless it is necessary.

 

[kuma-mon]

One can always have GUI if one is so dead dependent on it.
In Windows Server, the most straight forward one is RDP. One can also use TeamViewer, SpashTop or VNC to have Remote Desktop functionality.

In *NIX, the most obvious one is X(Remote), VNC, NX.

If you are a veteran *nix user, you probably wouldn't be using any GUI unless it is necessary.

oh yes,

i forget about these too. thanks for reminding. upz for TS

 

[u0206397]

hi,

they will show your instance CPU usage over time, even your disk space, network usage etc. there will be a graph. my cpu usage have been around 40-50% usage overall. if your cpu/memory usage is too high, they will warn you to upgrade to a higher tier. oh ya you can upgrade your specs over time fyi.

oh yes, forget to tell u that that wont be any GUI for any of your ec2. im not sure about windows. everything is command based.

I see. This means that we have to run it for at a week or month to see the average load first and the general performance characteristics of the system. Every system is different, some are CPU intensive, some are disk I/O intensive and some are RAM gobbling.