{"id":243,"date":"2013-08-11T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?p=243"},"modified":"2022-01-03T19:59:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T00:59:33","slug":"starting-up-load-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/starting-up-load-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Up Load Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-11-at-1.22.16-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-244\" alt=\"AWS Spot Instance Startup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-11-at-1.22.16-PM.png\" width=\"393\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-11-at-1.22.16-PM.png 561w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-11-at-1.22.16-PM-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you first start a test, there is an initial wait time for RedLine to provision the Spot Instances in your AWS account. 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