resize of root filesystem from 15G to 10G for new ec2 ebs images

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 09:00:07PM -0400, Scott Moser wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to get tech board approval to make a change to the default
> filesystem size of our EC2 EBS-root [1] images from 15GB to 10GB.  This
> request is entirely driven by the desire to fit into Amazon's newly
> created "Free Usage Tier" [2] that was announced late October of 2010.
> The change will allow Amazon customers run an instance of Ubuntu 10.04 or
> 10.10 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 1 year.  Without that change,
> if a use selects Ubuntu for their image type, they will pay $0.55 per
> month ($ 0.11/GB-Month for the additional 5GB of storage).
> 
> There is a bug opened [3] requesting 10GB root filesystem images.
> 
> If this item needs discussion, I'd like to have it on the 2010-11-16
> meeting agenda.

Sounds like a smart move to me; no questions or concerns here.  +1 to go
ahead, and thanks for the detailed explanation.

-- 
 - mdz