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Re:Next-Generation GPU-Powered EC2 Instances (G3) by marklit on Friday July 14, 2017 @08:29AM (#14769222)
Anyone care to chime in on why spot instances are now 10x on-demand instances? I've got a thread going here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14769026
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Re:Next-Generation GPU-Powered EC2 Instances (G3) by moonbug22 on Friday July 14, 2017 @09:34AM (#14769629)
That happens not infrequently. 1#x ondemand is the ceiling bid for spots. It's the result of a bid war amongst two or more big customers who really don't want to be evicted.
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