EC2 Placement Group Flashcards
Placement Group
Controls strategy of where instances are placed
placement strategies (3)
EC2 Placement Group
- cluster
- spread
- partition
EC2 Placement Group
Cluster
EC2 Placement Group
clusters instances in same rack in AZ
EC2 Placement Group
benefit
Cluster
low latency
Cluster
use case
Cluster
data needs to be processed fast and failure is tolerable
Cluster
spread
EC2 Placement Group
spreads instances across hardware
EC2 Placement Group
limitation
Spread
max 7 instances per AZ
Spread
benefit
Spread
reduced risk of simultaneous failure
Spread
use case
Spread
highly available application where failure must be isolated
Spread
partition
EC2 Placement Group
spread instances across “partitions” (sets of racks) in AZ
EC2 Placement Group
feature
Partition
multiple instances on a partition
Partition
benefit
Partition
may have more than 7 instances per AZ
Partition
use case
Partition
big data application that is partition aware
Partition
Controls strategy of where instances are placed
Placement Group
- cluster
- spread
- partition
EC2 Placement Group
placement strategies (3)
EC2 Placement Group