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Instead of outright termination, they should give the instance creator a choice when the spot instance is first started: 1. Terminate outright when the time co
by pierrefar 17y ago
Instead of outright termination, they should give the instance creator a choice when the spot instance is first started:
1. Terminate outright when the time comes.
2. Give the instance a 5 minute warning (for a fee).
3. Keep the instance running but switch it to a non-spot pricing model per hour as a typical EC2 instance.
Much more friendly and option 3 will give them greater revenue.
- jemfinch 17y ago> Much more friendly and option 3 will give them greater revenue. Or perhaps not: if this were the option offered, no one would pay for standard EC2 instances at all, they'd just put up spot reservations and take the lower price when it's available, paying the ordinary price when it's not. They can do that now, of course, but there's significant more complexity involved.
- gfodor 17y agoI'm no economist, but my suspicion is that the auto-termination is a key factor in maintaining a separate market value for this class of instances.