EC2 SPOT – INTRODUCTION TO AWS SPARE CAPACITY + BEST PRACTICES
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Common EC2 Spot myths-busted!
Spot instance prices
are based on customer
bidding?
Pricing for Spot is
published by AWS and
determined by long term
supply and demand trends
(slow and predictable)
Spot instances are
specific types of
instances in some AWS
regions
Spot instances are the
same instance types as
as On Demand and
available in All Regions
Spot is intended for
non-production
workloads
Spot is appropriate for
non-production and
production workloads
Spot is for customers
looking for "extreme low
cost" solutions
Spot is for customers
looking to optimize their
EC2 expenses for Spot-
friendly workloads
EC2 Spot knowledge check
Spot is timely and
difficult to implement
Integrations with AWS
Services and our partners
make it much easier to
adopt Spot
