Chad Schmutzer

@BoydMcgeachie @forrestbrazeal lol

@forrestbrazeal @schmutze

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@ellioseven Sorry- missed this! github.com/awslabs/ec2-sp… and ec2spotworkshops.com

@schmutze Would love to get my hands on your Spot repo examples you mentioned in your great re:invent talk youtu.be/7q5AeoKsGJw?t=… Wondering if you could help me find them?

@pepastach The service quota API should reflect accurate EC2 Spot limits, and you should be able to request increases as necessary with the same API. Let me know what you see. docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/ref…

@schmutze Limits of spot vCPUs (standard). We have different limits across accounts and I can't find what the spot vCPU limit will be when we create a new account.

Trying to automate creation of AWS accounts, but hitting various limits. EC2 docs say: New AWS accounts might start with limits that are lower than the limits described here. How do I know what the limits will be? May I ask @schmutze for advice?

@teresacarlson Thank you for being a great leader @teresacarlson! Very much enjoyed being a part of the AWS public sector team and supporting the mission! Best wishes on your next chapter.

After 10+ years on an unforgettable journey, today is my last day at AWS. It has been the honor and joy of my life – and I’ve learned so much along the way. 1/

It is time for us to plan what to build next! Please tell us what open source frameworks you want integrated with EC2 Spot Instances! github.com/aws/ec2-spot-i… @awscloud #EC2Spot #SaveAtScale #SpotInstances

@BobbyQuennell For general usage, absolutely EC2 Auto Scaling. Happy to give more specific advice based on your actual use case. Let me know.

Hi, @schmutze wonder what are the major differences between “ASG with spot instances” VS “Spot Fleet”? Given the recently new features released, like: “Capacity Rebalancing“, which one, in your mind, is suggested for general usage? Thanks so much

Optimize all the things! I'm happy to announce that AWS Compute Optimizer now supports memory size recommendations for AWS Lambda: aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/… #AWS #AWSComputeOptimizer #CostOptimization #PerformanceOptimization #serverless #AWSLambda @awscloud

@DigitallyBorn Can't recall if we met when I visited a few years back but would love to connect and learn more.

@schmutze I’m happy to share. We have hundreds of spot instances across almost every region.

Hey @schmutze. Thanks for making our reliance on spot instances completely boring.

Tell us what blueprint you’d like to see next! console.aws.amazon.com/ec2sp/v2/home?…

Yep - you can generate complete infrastructure as code workload templates for some of the most popular services used with Spot Instances: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, Amazon EMR, AWS Batch, and Amazon EKS!

EC2 Spot customers have overwhelmingly told us that the best way for them to get started quickly is to see complete workload configuration examples in infrastructure as code templates for AWS CloudFormation and Hashicorp Terraform. @awscloud @HashiCorp #ec2spot #SpotInstances

@TalawahTech @awscloud It has to do with the Spot Instance request being tied to a given Availability Zone. In theory you could delete all the capacity and launch into a different AZ using the same placement group, but that Spot Instance request couldn't move.

@schmutze @awscloud I can see why that would be an issue with a partition placement group, but for a cluster placement group you are already restricted to just one AZ anyway so there shouldn't be a conflict. Perhaps the restriction is being applied too broadly?

hello world. I'm a developer advocate for the @awscloud EC2 Spot team. My job is to help you save at scale on your compute costs. I'd love to hear how you are using Spot Instances today, or how we can help you save more with Spot. You can also reach me at schmutze@amazon.com.

@TalawahTech @awscloud Considering using EC2 Fleet, which will give you more flexibility when requesting Spot capacity. You can also use EC2 Fleet with placement groups: docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/ref…

@TalawahTech @awscloud Hi Marc, since a persistent Spot Instance request requires selecting an Availability Zone, that request can't be flexible to change Availability Zones if needed according to the other capacity in the placement group. That is why they cannot be combined.

@VZWSupport i need help fixing something on my account. how can i talk to someone that will listen and actually help me?

This includes monitoring for rebalance recommendations, attempting to proactively launch replacement capacity for existing Spot Instances when they are at elevated risk of interruption, detaching from Elastic Load Balancing if necessary, and running lifecycle hooks as configured.

Capacity Rebalancing for EC2 Auto Scaling provides a seamless and automated experience for maintaining desired capacity through the Spot Instance lifecycle.

Thrilled to announce Capacity Rebalancing for EC2 Auto Scaling, a new feature for proactively managing the Amazon EC2 Spot Instance lifecycle in an Auto Scaling group: aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/… @awscloud #EC2Spot #SpotInstances #Spot