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Servers
- Dedicated servers with full administrator access and private IP on the Yale network
- Hosted on AWS EC2 and scheduled to update monthly
- Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 14 days
- Prices will vary based on disk size and number of hours per month the servers are running
CentOS 7
- Login authentication using SSH key
- Security updates provided until June 30, 2024
Ubuntu 16.04
- Login authentication using SSH key
- Security updates provided until April 2021
Ubuntu 18.04
- Login authentication using SSH key
- Security updates provided until April 2023
Windows 2016
- Integrated with the Yale Active Directory for authentication
- Security updates provided until January 1, 2022
Databases
Shared MySQL
- Database on a MySQL (5.7) instance shared with other Spinup users
- Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and automatically updated
- Data is replicated between two servers in two different data centers
- Restricted number of client connections and limited database size
- Suitable for development work with databases smaller than 1 GB
- Users need to schedule their own database dumps if backups are required
- This offering is currently free
Dedicated MySQL
- Dedicated MySQL instance that can host multiple databases
- Instance is hosted on AWS Aurora and automatically updated
- Data is encrypted at rest and replicated across 3 different data centers
- Disk size expands automatically as more data is added, up to 64 TiB
- Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
- Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
- Suitable for production use
- Price will vary depending on the disk size
Dedicated PostgreSQL
- Dedicated PostgreSQL instance that can host multiple databases
- Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and is automatically updated
- Data is encrypted at rest
- Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
- High-availability can be enabled to create a standby replica in another data center
- Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
- Suitable for production use
- Price will vary depending on the disk size
Containers
Container Service
- Containers hosted on AWS Fargate with a service endpoint on the Yale network
- Multiple containers can run inside a service, those containers can communicate with each other on the loopback interface (localhost/127.0.0.1)
- Container services will automatically restart failed or stopped container instances
- Environment variables can be set for each container and will be passed to the container at runtime
Known Limitations
- Currently only public images are supported (non-authenticated)
- Persistent storage volumes are not supported, all container storage is ephemeral and limited to 10GB for docker image layers and 4GB for each volume mount
Storage
S3 bucket
- Object store hosted on AWS S3
- Redundant storage across multiple data centers with 99.99% availability
- Data transfer over SSL and automatic encryption
- Unlimited space
- Pricing details