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DevOps · Cheap servers that can be taken back: spot instances

The spot share

Spot is 63.6% cheaper than on-demand, and it can be taken back. How much of the fleet should run on it?

Ten servers run all month. Some sit in the harbour's empty berths on spot, cheap until a paying ship arrives and a whole row is cleared at once. On-demand spares cover one reclaim. The panels show the bill before spares, the servers one reclaim takes, and the total.

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The three panels stack on a narrow screen; the dials stay above them, and the swept table scrolls sideways.

try this Drag Share of the fleet on spot from 0% to 100%, then move How hard a reclaim bites, and watch Total with spares.

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