speed up java maven compile on amazon clustering

Question

just a wild idea. wonder is it possible to compile maven build on amazon clustering machines to speed up build processes? any reference or guide on this?

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Answer 1

I wonder if it is possible to compile maven build on Amazon EC2 (...)

Yes, this is possible and I see more and more customer using on-demand instances for their CI machine.

Now, regarding Hudson build farms, while it's definitely possible to use a master/slave setup on several EC2 instances, I think that such a setup is especially nice if you have a high number of projects to build or huge build matrices. In other words, a master/slave setup allows to scale. But AFAIK, this won't allow you to distribute a single multi-modules build so this won't allow you to "speed up" such a build process.

Without more details on what you want to distribute/build exactly, it's hard to give a more precise answer.

Oh, by the way, if you want some real feedback on how Hudson is used at Sun, have a look at Kohsuke Kawaguchi Hudson Webinar. This will give you an idea of what it can do.