I currently have a single linux box that is continually slaving through all the builds and tests.
but I think I am wasting money because some months there is lot of activity , other months none.
In the future, I think with more developers on my team, we have to order or decrease orders of new dedicated server boxes, have to predict the cost….inefficient.
Now, I saw Amazon EC2 is supported in Grid (not sure about grid 2), but I don’t know how to calculate the prices on their calculator…
How much are you expected to pay for CI running on selenium grid 2 (1 RC, 5 browser instances running parallel), 24/7 ?
A Linux EC2 “small” instance costs about $750 a year if you never turn it off. Depending on your suppliers, you can probably do much better with your own hardware, especially with a 3-year or so expected lifetime.