ec2

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vm in the cloud used for compute capacity

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EC2

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pay by the hour. or second depending on the instance you run

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On-Demand

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Reserved Capacity for 1-3 years with up to 72% discount on hourly charge

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Reserved

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Purchase unused capacity at a discount of up to 90% Prices fluctuate with supply and demand

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Spot

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Physical EC2 server dedicated to your use

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Dedicated

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Used for applications with short-term spiky or unpredictable workloads that can’t be interrupted

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On-Demand

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Used for applications with steady state or predictable usage and applications that require reserved capacity

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Reserved Instances

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Has the option to change to a different reserved instance type of greater or equal value

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Convertible Reserved instances

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Launch instances within the time window you define to match your capacity reservation to a predictable recurring schedule

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Scheduled RIs

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Used when applications have flexible start and end time, or users have an urgent need for large amounts of additional computing capacity

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Spot Instances

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Used for compliance purposes where regulatory requirements that may not support multi-tenant virtualization

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Dedicated Hosts

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Used for Licensing that does not support multi-tenancy or cloud deployments

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Dedicated Hosts

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virtual firewalls for ec2 instances where everything is blocked by default

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Security Groups

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script that runs when the instance first runs that allows you to automate the installation of applications

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Bootstrap Scripts

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all inbound traffic is blocked by default, while all outbound traffic is allowed

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Security Groups

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data about your ec2 instance

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metadata

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virtual networking cards for basic day-to-day networking

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Elastic Network Interface (ENI)

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virtual networking card that uses single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) to provide high-performance between 10gbps-100gbps

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Enhanced Networking (EN)

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virtual networking card that accelerates high-performance computing (HPC) and machine-learning applications

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Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA)

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enables the HPC and machine learning applications to bypass the operation system kernel and communicate directly with the EFA device

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OS-Bypass

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placement group of instances within a single AZ for applications that need low network latency

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Cluster Placement Groups

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placement group of instances that are each placed on distinct underlying hardware used for applications that have critical instances

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Spread Placement Groups

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placement group of instances that has its own set of racks with their own network and power source allowing isolation of the impact of hardware failures

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Partition Placement Groups

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collection of spot instances and optionally on-demand instances that will attempt to meet the target capacity requested

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Spot Fleets

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brings the aws data center directly to you, on-premises. Allows the ability to have a large variety of AWS services in your data center

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Outposts

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outpost member used for providing aws compute, storage, database and other services locally

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Outposts Rack

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outpost member used for small space requirements such as retail stores

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Outpost Servers