Selecting and optimizing Amazon EC2 instances
summary
AWS recommends matching workload attributes to instance families and then automating selection and purchase for price and capacity. Key claims: over 400 EC2 instance types exist, Graviton2 delivers up to 40% price‑performance versus comparable x86, Spot instances offer up to 90% savings, and Savings Plans give up to 66% (compute) or 72% (instance) discounts. Tools demonstrated: Instance Selector (open source, Go library), Auto Scaling mixed‑instance + capacity rebalance, and AWS Compute Optimizer for live recommendations.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:01Amazon EC2 13+ years ago
- 1:42Broadest and deepest platform choice
- 2:43Broadest choice of processors and architectures
- 5:46Broadest choice of accelerators
- 6:44Instance type selection
- 13:08Amazon EC2 instance discovery
- 13:38Amazon EC2 Instance Selector
- 16:28Cost vs. performance
- 17:14Optimizing Amazon EC2 cost and capacity
- 20:34Types of Savings Plans
- 23:25Deep savings using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
- 25:14Workload types and purchase options
- 26:58Using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
- 28:25Let EC2 Auto Scaling do the heavy lifting
- 31:10AWS Compute Optimizer
- 32:25Cost and capacity takeaways
- 33:26AWS Training and Certification
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