2.5.2.1 Leverage Spot Resources

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