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

[Scott Moser]

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> 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.

I think we're set then. I will plan on putting this change in place.

I plan to make the images 8GB in size, rather than 10GB as suggested.
This change is because of some off-line discussions with Amazon where they
recommended 8GB root volumes for images that are targeting use with "Free
Tier".