1.0RedLine13https://www.redline13.com/blogRich Friedmanhttps://www.redline13.com/blog/author/richardfriedman/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pba4rGPUzL"><a href="https://www.redline13.com/blog/2013/11/spot-instance-availability-test-startup-errors/">Spot Instance Availability & Test Startup Errors</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.redline13.com/blog/2013/11/spot-instance-availability-test-startup-errors/embed/#?secret=pba4rGPUzL" width="600" height="338" title="“Spot Instance Availability & Test Startup Errors” — RedLine13" data-secret="pba4rGPUzL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://d13vhgz95ul9hy.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> When you chose your Load Agent deployment options, we do a real time call to AWS to find the current pricing of Spot Instances. We up this a bit to create an estimated bid price. However, if you are deploying a large number of spot instances of one type in one region, you can actually bid up the price of what is available. In this example, the current bid price of an m3.2XLarge is $0.25 perRead More →https://www.redline13.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-15-at-9.30.23-AM.png