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Video: Leverage Spot Resources 23 min
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Takeaways: Leverage Spot Resources 10 min
2.5.2.1 Leverage Spot Resources
Spot resources are spare compute capacity offered by the cloud service providers.
Spot resources are spare Compute capacity offered by the cloud service providers
At the end of this module you will be able to:
- Describe what Spot resources are, how they work, and why they exist
- Describe some of the considerations needed to leverage Spot
- Describe the characteristics of Spot resource usage, and their cost implications
- List scenarios in which the use of Spot resources can be advantageous and would be recommended
- List the types of Spot resources offered by the major cloud services providers