<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Hi:<br>Is there anyone who has successfully deployed the VM version of OSGeoLive on a cloud service such as Google, Amazon, or Azure?</div><div>This past spring, I had too many bad experiences with the flashdrive version (tons of BIOS incompatibilities) and so I wanted to create a classroom of some 25 VMs.</div><div>I want students to be able to set up their own personal GIS web servers (with their VM), hence my need to have 25 instances.</div><div>I am struggling trying to determine what combination of RAM, "disk space", and availability I should choose and the only feedback I got from Google was an offer that would cost me $1,300 per month for 25 VMs - something that I cannot afford.</div><div>Cheers,</div><div>      Jochen</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:496.79999999999995pt"><colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:21pt"><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Jochen Albrecht, GISP (he/him/his)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Professor for Computational and Theoretical Geography</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and Graduate Adviser (</span><a href="https://hunter-cuny.campus.eab.com/pal/4X2VBhV0xc" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Personal NAVIGATE Availability Link</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Department of Geography and Environmental Science</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hunter College CUNY</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">695 Park Avenue</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New York, NY 10065</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President, </span><a href="https://www.gisci.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GIS Certification Institute</span></a></p><br></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:141px;height:139px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8LCyHCLspp-E0g_jmhKp_XoExTNTnfdND6BsWnNEVidgl9wUnOyJ_zDI27y4f8egChpJIm_jFYlGHCAavb5diVQB8sUCz4KNxGKX4uiD79ShTrkXK0OKmcEtDWNJDSvxS7nkP5vvlgXOmI_AYkP_XOg" width="141" height="139" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>