EC2 Spot Instance Flashcards

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Bidding for excess capacity

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Define max price

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When current price exceeds max price

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Instance stopped or terminated

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Grace period when max price is exceeded

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2 hours

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Use case

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distributed or resilient workloads

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5
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Spot block

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instance may be used during a time frame

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Spot request

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May request one or multiple instances

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One time spot request

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Request is completed when instances are launched

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Persistent spot request

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Instances can be launched an terminated any time while the request is active

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9
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Spot fleet

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mix of spot instances and on-demand instances

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What spot fleet automates

Spot Fleet

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spot instance requests with the lowest price

Spot Fleet

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What spot fleet targets

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meeting target capacity given price constraints

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Launch pools

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Each defined by instance type, OS, and AZ

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strategies (3)

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  • LowestPrice
  • Diversified
  • CapacityOptimized

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LowestPrice

Spot Fleet Strategy

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Launch instances from pool with lowest price

Spot Fleet Strategy

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Diversified

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Distribute instances across pools

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16
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CapacityOptimized

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Launch from pool with optimal capacity for number of instances

Spot Fleet Strategy

17
Q

Spot Instance Pricing History graph

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shows spot instance versus on-demand pricing over time

EC2 Spot Instance

18
Q

Define max price

EC2 Spot Instance

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Bidding for excess capacity

EC2 Spot Instance

19
Q

Instance stopped or terminated

EC2 Spot Instance

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When current price exceeds max price

EC2 Spot Instance

20
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2 hours

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Grace period when max price is exceeded

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21
Q

distributed or resilient workloads

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Use case

EC2 Spot Instance

22
Q

instance may be used during a time frame

EC2 Spot Instance

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Spot block

EC2 Spot Instance

23
Q

May request one or multiple instances

EC2 Spot Instance

A

Spot request

EC2 Spot Instance

24
Q

Request is completed when instances are launched

EC2 Spot Instance

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One time spot request

EC2 Spot Instance

25
Q

Instances can be launched an terminated any time while the request is active

EC2 Spot Instance

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Persistent spot request

EC2 Spot Instance

26
Q

mix of spot instances and on-demand instances

EC2 Spot Instance

A

Spot fleet

EC2 Spot Instance

27
Q

spot instance requests with the lowest price

Spot Fleet

A

What spot fleet automates

Spot Fleet

28
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meeting target capacity given price constraints

Spot Fleet

A

What spot fleet targets

Spot Fleet

29
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Each defined by instance type, OS, and AZ

Spot Fleet

A

Launch pools

Spot Fleet

30
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  • LowestPrice
  • Diversified
  • CapacityOptimized

Spot Fleet

A

strategies (3)

Spot Fleet

31
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Launch instances from pool with lowest price

Spot Fleet Strategy

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LowestPrice

Spot Fleet Strategy

32
Q

Distribute instances across pools

Spot Fleet Strategy

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Diversified

Spot Fleet Strategy

33
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Launch from pool with optimal capacity for number of instances

Spot Fleet Strategy

A

CapacityOptimized

Spot Fleet Strategy

34
Q

shows spot instance versus on-demand pricing over time

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Spot Instance Pricing History graph

EC2 Spot Instance