hey folks, because I'm actively reviewing this and my brain is full I made a mistake in terminology before...
Reserved Instance - a long term VM contract Dedicated Host - bare metal server apologies for the confusion On 3 January 2018 at 15:54, Paul van den Bergen <[email protected] > wrote: > spot price means if you get out bid partway through your hour, you lose > that VM and anything running on it (I think there is an option to dump to a > s3 bucket or some such - but regardless) > > > the price is usually so cheap that it's perfect for throwaway > computational tasks - hadoop, grid (keep track of the state of your returns > independantly), etc, and so on. Also, IIUC it only hits you when demand is > larger than supply. > > > On 3 January 2018 at 15:17, Andrew McGlashan via luv-main < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On 03/01/18 09:09, Paul van den Bergen via luv-main wrote: >> > OK. As of reinvent 2017, AWS introduced bare metal server pricing. As >> > far as I understand it, if the hardware breaks, you get a new machine, >> > but it's up to you to manage DR. >> > >> > dedicated instances - it's a long term contract for a VM (not a bare >> > metal machine) >> > >> > on demand - you pay per hour. >> >> Typically you want a mailserver running 24/7, so about 750 hours every >> month. >> >> > spot price - you pay "bid" for a low priced VM. If someone outbids you, >> > you lose the VM. >> >> Do you mean, you have a box, working... then you get outbid and lose a >> working box? >> >> Kind Regards >> AndrewM >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> luv-main mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main >> >> > > > -- > Dr Paul van den Bergen > > -- Dr Paul van den Bergen
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