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> but they obviously provide inconsistent performance No. Unless you're using a "burstable" (overcommitted) instance family, this shouldn't be the case. The pe
by boulos 3y ago
> but they obviously provide inconsistent performance
No. Unless you're using a "burstable" (overcommitted) instance family, this shouldn't be the case. The performance will be consistent, but you may get preempted before you finish your work. I would keep those concepts separate.
- phamilton 3y agoThat's true, however a lot of spot usage ends up being heavily diversified across instance types in order to avoid momentary supply issues and optimize cost. Across different families, CPU performance can vary by a decent amount.
- boulos 3y agoSure, but you should still keep the concepts disjoint. "I took whatever I could get" isn't the same as "spot instances are inconsistent".