Hi, Static AMI's seems useful for people who just want to try something out. Personally the Boxgrinder project is what I use to create new AMI's. Thanks Petter On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Corey Quinn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On May 3, 2012, at 1:56 AM, Jamie Kinney wrote: > >> I have created a Scientific Linux 6.2 x86_64 Amazon EC2 machine image (AMI) and would welcome >> your feedback. The AMI currently resides in the us-east-1 (Northern Virginia) Amazon EC2 region. >> If there is enough interest, I could easily publish this AMI to all AWS regions. >> >> The AMI is ami-e2a0058b. >> >> https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-e2a0058b >> >> Feel free to contact me directly with any questions/comments. > > Thanks for doing this. > > [root@ip-10-196-57-7 ec2-user]# rpm -qa |wc -l > 622 > > Looks a bit heavy from my side-- most instances I tend to spin up hover between 200-300 packages installed. Is this by design? > > I guess my real question becomes "What's the intended use case for this AMI?" > > -- Corey -- Petter Olsson System Administrator NumberFour AG Schönhauser Allee 8 10119 Berlin Germany Mobile: +49 170 2393359 Phone: +49 30 40505411 Fax: +49 30 40505410 [log in to unmask] www.facebook.com/NumberFour www.twitter.com/numberfourag "People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."