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Yes, I am. No real problems.
Depending on what you're compiling, you'll probably get pinched for cpu abuse. But some providers don't pay attention until some other client complains.
Usually if Jenkins is just doing bursty CPU use, nobody cares. If you're running a bunch of automated builds 24x7, it will probably become an issue. In that case, you should probably think about some dedicated hardware.
For my projects, I have builds that run once every few hours on weekdays—even if it spikes the CPU for 5-10 minutes at a time, I've never had any complaints, even on the cheapest VPSes I'm using.
I haven't had any issues running Jenkins off of a http://openvz.io/ VPS. The builds aren't that often (about one every 45 mins), but it's cheap and does the job just fine. Also ran JIRA for a short while too, no issues either.
You could use @drserver abusivecores where you can use 100% cpu all day if I remember correctly.
Leroy Jenkins?
I ran Jenkins on a Digital Ocean vps just for testing Ruby on Rails apps. On the 512 MB plan, worked just fine. However, it was slower thans the locan build machine i now use, but that was expected...
@catalystium thank you for mentioning. You are right you can run your thread at 100% all day long
yes, cpu might be an issue, especially if i'll decide to run some integration tests.
So.. to rephrase my question - any non expensive dedicated server providers that would be reliable? Kimsufi?
@gerasalus - Delimiter has some cheap Dual X5150, 16GB, 500GB disk for $20/month (paid quarterly) or $30/month (paid month-to-month). See here
FYI - I grabbed one of these servers personally to play with just after Christmas, its running Bamboo (Atlassian's CI system). Its running fine, 16GB is a pile of RAM to run compiles and their heavy java apps.
We've got these (http://lowendbox.com/blog/fliphost-49-month-dual-intel-xeon-l5520-dedicated-server-in-dallas/) too if you need some good CPU power on the cheap.