> Fantastic post with really helpful tips. Thanks a lot for that.
Thanks!
> I really want to read the details on the spot instance setup for a web service. Do you have a quick summary for that?
I don't have anything written up to point to but the idea is to have the spot instances dynamically register themselves with an ELB on startup. As long as they stay up (ie. spot price is below your bid) you get incredibly cheap scaling for your web service. The ELB will automatically kick out instances that get terminated as they will fail their health checks. Combine this with a couple regular (ie. non spot instances) and you get a web service that scales cheaply when spot prices are low and gradually degrades the QOS for your users when it gets more expensive.
I've got a couple other topics in the works first, but I should the write up for that one up pretty soon too. Haven't gotten around to adding an email signup form to my site yet (need to do that...) so shoot me a mail if you want to notified when the full post is up. Email is in my profile.
I really want to read the details on the spot instance setup for a web service. Do you have a quick summary for that?