CODEWITHSUNDEEP
amazon-web-services
user113156
user113156

Reputation: 7137

How much would AWS ec2 cost for a project of my type

I have tried many times to install the R server on an AWS instance using terminal commands without any luck. I can install it using http://www.louisaslett.com/RStudio_AMI/ and following a Youtube video but I cannot get the dropbox sync to stop "syncing". I have tried installing a fresh version using the terminal and Putty and other methods without much success.

What I wanted to use AWS for was to use the bandwidth / computing time.

I basically wanted to run an R script to download a bunch of documents which could take 2 weeks to download. I had hoped to save these on a large dropbox account I have access to but unfortunately library("RStudioAMI") linkDropbox() excludeSyncDropbox("*") doesn`t seem to work for me and the whole dropbox folder gets synced onto my AWS instance and I run out of space.

So basically... I think I will forget dropbox and just use AWS storage.

I want to download appox 500GB - or perhaps 1TB worth of data (running an R script to download documents and save them), it just connects to a website and downloads a document, so no ML or high computing power needed. Just a consistent connection. Once the documents are fully downloaded I would like to then just transfer them to an external hard drive I have for further analysis.

So my question is, "approximately" how much do you think this may cost, I don't care about paying 20-30$ I just don`t want to go in with inexperience/without knowledge and rack up hundreds$.

Additionally: What other instances/servers do you suggest I pay for, I feel like I dont need that much power just consistency.

Here is another SO question I opened:

Amazon AWS Dropbox link error: "No directories are being ignored."

Upvotes: 0

Views: 384

Answers (2)

qkhanhpro
qkhanhpro

Reputation: 5230

If you are not strictly limited to EC2 ( which I think you are not, considering the requirement you stated and the AMI approach failed for you) , AWS Lightsail would be a much better solution

It has bundled data transfer package and acceptable performance

Here is the 1-month plan

512 MB Memory
1 Core Processor
20 GB SSD Disk
1 TB Transfer ( Data in will cost nothing, only data Out, Ex: From LightSail to your local PC )
Additional SSD - $10 for 1 TB

Average network performance for that instance I see is about 30 Megabyte per second. You can just shutdown everything and only billed for the hours you used in the month

Upvotes: 1

John Rotenstein
John Rotenstein

Reputation: 270184

There will be three main costs for your scenario:

  • Amazon EC2, which is charged hourly. You do not need much processing power, so a t3.small would probably be adequate if you're not doing any big computations. It's only about 2c/hour, which is $7 for 2 weeks.
  • An Amazon EBS disk volume attached to your Amazon EC2 instance for storing the data. A General Purpose volume is 10c/GB/month. So, 1TB for 2 weeks would be $50. If you configure it to use "Cold HDD (sc1)", then it's a quarter of that price.
  • Data Transfer for when you download from AWS. If you are using AWS in the USA, it is 9c/GB. So, 1TB = $90. This would be your major cost.

There might be some other minor costs, but they won't be significant compared to the above.

Or, given that your basic goal is to collect and download data, you could just do it on a computer at home.

Upvotes: 1

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