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How to save 70% of AWS EC2 cost

How to save 70% of AWS EC2 cost

EC2 Instance Types

- On demand

- Reserved

- Spot

EC2 Instances Purchased Options

EC2 Instances Purchased Optionsm3.large

http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html

Option Hourly Discount

On Demand 0.1330 --

1-y Reserved 0.0810 39% off

3-y Reserved 0.0520 61% off

Per Instance Prices & Projected Costs (all in USD)

EC2 Instances Purchased Options

EC2 Instances Purchased Optionsm3.large

http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html

Option Hourly Discount

On Demand 0.1330 --

1-y Reserved 0.0810 39% off

3-y Reserved 0.0520 61% off

Spot 0.0165 88% off

Per Instance Prices & Projected Costs (all in USD)

Brilliant!

Spot Instance

- Cheap, very cheap- Will be terminated at any time - Good for worker, non-long process

Spot Instance

- Almost any service now- 6th Jan 2015- - 2 mins

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-ec2-spot-instance-termination-notices/

Spot Instance

- Even Easier- 18th May 2015- API

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ec2-spot-fleet-api-manage-thousands-of-instances-with-one-request/

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-fleet.html#create-spot-fleet

Demo

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EC2 Storage Types

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Storage.html

Instance Store

- FREE- Super Fast

- Stop instance, data lost

What you get?

- Much cheaper running cost- Scan up / down at any time- No contract, terminate any time- Pay hourly for usage

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