Amazon EC2 Spot Instances

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-spot-instances.html

Spot Instances enable you to bid for unused Amazon EC2 capacity. Instances are charged the Spot Price, which is set by Amazon EC2 and fluctuates periodically depending on the supply of and demand for Spot Instance capacity. To use Spot Instances, you place a Spot Instance request, specifying the instance type, the Availability Zone desired, the number of Spot Instances you want to run, and the maximum price you are willing to pay per instance hour. To determine how that maximum price compares to past Spot Prices, the Spot Price history is available via the Amazon EC2 API and the AWS Management Console. If your maximum price bid exceeds the current Spot Price, your request is fulfilled and your instances will run until either you choose to terminate them or the Spot Price increases above your maximum price (whichever is sooner).

Click here to learn more about Spot Instances. For information on how to get started, click here.

The following table displays the Lowest Spot Price per Region and instance type (updated every 5 minutes) (see the Spot Instance section under http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#pricing)

If you would like to go straight to a view of the latest Spot Instance pricing:

  1. Log in to the AWS Management Console, then click the “Amazon EC2” tab.
  2. Click on “Spot Requests” in the navigation pane on the left.
  3. Click on “Pricing History” to open a view of pricing selectable by instance type.
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