[StarCluster] Local master node

[Cedar McKay]

Or you can leave it running, and it will cost you about $1 for a week. I really think you are making it too complicated. But that’s the last I’ll say on this topic. 
best,
Cedar



> On Mar 17, 2016, at 9:29 AM, Adrian Draghici <draghici.adrian.b at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the answers!
> 
> I'm not sure I understand how the intermediate node could be shut down though? Assume the following scenario where all nodes are in EC2:
> 	• A is the intermediate node with the new AMI, receiving and executing commands like "starcluster start testcluster" etc.
> 	• B is the master node spawned by the cluster
> 	• C, D, E are slave nodes
> Surely A would need to be alive until the end since the cluster needs to be turned off from it?
> 
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 3:08 PM MacMullan IV, Hugh <hughmac at wharton.upenn.edu> wrote:
> I agree: you can shut that node down while the cluster is running, too.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: starcluster-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:starcluster-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Cedar McKay
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 11:00 AM
> To: Adrian Draghici <draghici.adrian.b at gmail.com>
> Cc: starcluster at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [StarCluster] Local master node
> 
> A t2.nano costs  about 2/3 of a penny per hour. In my opinion it's not worth doing any extra engineering effort to avoid that cost.
> 
> Best,
> Cedar
> 
> > On Mar 17, 2016, at 7:45 AM, Adrian Draghici <draghici.adrian.b at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m currently trying to find a way to start and manage a Starcluster fleet from machines where installing Starcluster itself is not an option.
> >
> > One way of doing this could be snapshotting the standard AMI with the Starcluster tool installed and then manually bring up an instance from this snapshot. The newly brought up instance will now be a coordinator node that can take commands to manage a cluster. However, I would need this node to also be the master in order to avoid having the overhead of one extra box.
> >
> > Is there any option for allowing the machine starting the cluster to also be the master (assuming it’s also in EC2)?
> >
> > I’ve seen slight variations of this question asked before here, but with no definitive answer. I would also really appreciate any other ideas on how to solve this!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adrian
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