Re: Nightly builds
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) May 13, 2014
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Well, what spec of host box is needed...?
Actually, I think a second Burst.net VPS would fit the bill - another of what we already have. (The current VPS is 50GB storage and 1GB ram).
The reason we don't want to run the nightly builds on our webserver is because they are CPU intensive enough that they might affect website performance. (This is especially the case if we're cross compiling the mingw builds.)
Check out Low End Box for cheap VPS deals. I've seen VPSs with 50+ GB of storage and 1TB/mo bandwidth for under $15/year. PER YEAR!
Looking at that webpage, it seems that if we could live with 10GB storage, we can get $2/mo. Or for $7/mo, we could get 100GB and 1TB bandwitdh. I don't currently see a deal for 50GB of storage at $1.25/mo (which adds up to $15/year).
We shouldn't need even 1GB to build euphoria though. (Yes, even counting the mingw cross compilter tools (88MB), 1GB is more than enough.)
Bandwidth, disk space, ram is easy, the more the merrier ;) but we may get better value in another resource area if we limit what we don't need.
EG shared virtual server vs dedicated? Linux vs Windows?
I do recall some Euphorians having issues with providers where customer written scripts are not allowed,
Yep, shared is probably out for that reason. A virtual server would work, I don't think we need a dedicated physical one. We're also better off with Linux or a nix family OS.
the Euphoria interpreter can't be added to ld.so.conf etc.
Fortunately, we won't need this either way. :confused:
I will commit to donating the first $250.
Regards, Alan
Again, this is greatly appreciated. My thoughts are to pick the cheapest $2/mo VPS and use that.
