pricing Flashcards
are ideal for short-term, irregular workloads that cannot be interrupted. No upfront costs or minimum contracts apply. The instances run continuously until you stop them, and you pay for only the compute time you use.not recommended for workloads that last a year or longer because these workloads can experience greater cost savings using other instance types
EC2 On-Demand Instances
reduce your compute costs by committing to a consistent amount of compute usage for a 1-year or 3-year term. This term commitment results in savings of up to 72% over On-Demand costs.Any usage up to the commitment is charged at the discounted rate (for example, $10 an hour). Any usage beyond the commitment is charged at regular On-Demand rates.
EC2 Savings Plans
billing discount applied to the use of On-Demand Instances in your account. At the end of a Reserved Instance term, you can continue using the Amazon EC2 instance without interruption. However, you are charged On-Demand rates until you do one of the following: Terminate the instance. Purchase a new Reserved Instance that matches the instance attributes (instance type, Region, tenancy, and platform).
EC2 Reserved Instances
Types of EC2 Reserved Instances
Standard, Convertible, and Scheduled
1-year or 3-year term
length of term for standard and convertible reserved EC2 instances
1-year term
length of term for scheduled reserved EC2 instances
ideal for workloads with flexible start and end times, or that can withstand interruptions.uses unused EC2 computing capacity and offer you cost savings at up to 90% off
EC2 Spot Instances
physical servers with Amazon EC2 instance capacity that is fully dedicated to your use. You can use your existing per-socket, per-core, or per-VM software licenses to help maintain license compliance. Is the most expensive of all the Amazon EC2 options
EC@ Dedicated Hosts
