Auto-tools/Projects/EC2Builder

EC2 Build Server

The EC2 Build server seeks to allow building mozilla-central's different changesets quickly with the help of Amazon's Elastic Cloud service. The tools that will use EC2's build server potentially include mozregression and mozremotebuilder

Cost Analysis

Preliminary tests demonstrate that build times are as follows:

EC2 Micro Linux Instance / Linux Firefox Build: > 12 hrs
EC2 Micro Windows Instance / Windows Firefox Build: > 12 hrs

EC2 Small Linux Instance / Linux Firefox Build: 
EC2 Small Windows Instance / Windows Firefox Build: 

EC2 Medium High-CPU Instance / Linux Firefox Build (1 Core): 
EC2 Medium High-CPU Instance / Windows Firefox Build (1 Core): 

Instance costs are as follows:

Micro Linux: $0.02 / hr
Micro Windows: $0.03 / hr

Small Linux: $0.085 / hr
Small Windows: $0.12 / hr

Medium High-CPU Linux: $0.17 / hr
Medium High-CPU Windows: $0.29 / hr

Contact

1. ateam channel (harth, ctalbert, samliu), or sliu@mozilla.org