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Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by paulddraper on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @12:33AM (#22411147)
It seems weird that AWS wouldn't just do this automatically, right?
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Re:We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billin... by llarsson on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @12:48AM (#22411193)
Yes and no. Because they do not want to disclose how much capacity they have and on demand costs more, customers would be left wondering if AWS unfairly decided to run on demand when spot could have been used instead.
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