Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Spot Instances
By
Amazon Web Services
EC2 Spot Instances provide spare EC2 capacity at a significant cost savings, ideal for flexible and interruptible workloads.
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Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Features
Cost-effective compute instances
Up to 90% discount compared to On-Demand
Ideal for fault-tolerant workloads
Flexible resource allocation
Integrated with EC2 Auto Scaling and Fleet
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Spot Instances
What is Amazon EC2 Spot Instances?
Amazon EC2 Spot Instances allow you to take advantage of unused EC2 capacity in the AWS cloud at steep discounts compared to On-Demand prices.
Key Features
- Up to 90% cost savings compared to On-Demand instances
- Integrated with AWS services like Auto Scaling and EMR
- Spot Fleet for maintaining target capacity
- Spot Instance interruption notices
- Defined duration Spot Instances
Use Cases
- Batch processing workloads
- Data analysis
- Image rendering
- CI/CD pipelines
- Gaming applications
Highlights
Cost-effective compute instances
Up to 90% discount compared to On-Demand
Ideal for fault-tolerant workloads
Flexible resource allocation