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I think that ship has sailed. Even Amazon offers heavy reserved instances, which are expected to be on 24/7 (you pay for every hour in the month even if you're
by nirvdrum 12y ago
I think that ship has sailed. Even Amazon offers heavy reserved instances, which are expected to be on 24/7 (you pay for every hour in the month even if you're not running a machine).
- bdcravens 12y agoYes, but occasionally they will retire instances, and notify you. If you don't spin it up as another instance, well, sucks to be you when it disappears. Actually pretty simple, but you can't just set it and forget it; you have to be prepared for some degree of elasticity. Also note that reserved instances don't require you to pay for 24 hours X 30 days. It just gives you the right to pay a lower rate for the capacity you've reserved.
- jwilliams 12y agoTrue, although they used to in specific cases - the AWS "heavy utilization" reservations would be charged if you had the server running or not.