Continuous integration testing server: hosted, own desktop, or own server
- by Victor
For testing, I am planning to run a continuous integration testing. There are mainly two options: hosted, or own desktop/server. I will break it into 3 options I have:
Hosted:
Economical, $10-20/month for a small app
Less setup, the CI company manage all hardware and software
Desktop:
I could just buy a simple, cheap desktop as a test server (about $500).
Used server:
My current office is offloading some old Dell rack server (Probably dual core Xeon, which I can purchase for $50 or less
Please advise me which best serves me for a small team of 2-3 developers. Thanks.