diff --git a/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/ec2/AmazonEC2Cloud/help-noDelayProvisioning.html b/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/ec2/AmazonEC2Cloud/help-noDelayProvisioning.html index 00e0f0b66..9f9e44ee6 100644 --- a/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/ec2/AmazonEC2Cloud/help-noDelayProvisioning.html +++ b/src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/ec2/AmazonEC2Cloud/help-noDelayProvisioning.html @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ -By default Jenkins do estimate load to avoid over-provisioning of cloud nodes. -With this option enabled, a new node is created on Amazon EC2 as soon as NodeProvisioner detects need for more agents. -In worse scenarios, this will results in some extra nodes provisioned on EC2, which will be shortly terminated. EC2 -being billed by the second since 2017 this won't have a huge impact on infrastructure costs, while offering build nodes -without unnecessary delays. \ No newline at end of file +Jenkins avoids over-provisioning of cloud nodes by examining the current load +and deciding when more nodes are needed. Enable "No delay provisioning" to +create a new cloud node on Amazon EC2 as soon as the NodeProvisioner detects a +need for more agents. This may cause Jenkins to create more cloud nodes than +it needs to serve the current jobs. These nodes will be terminated if they +remain idle longer than the "idle termination time" setting. EC2 currently +bills instances by the second, so this option should not have a large impact +on your AWS bill. It will make cloud nodes available much more quickly for +jobs and should reduce delays. \ No newline at end of file