AWS spot instance prices rising?

1 points by pwarner 6y ago ↗ HN

I see some signs AWS spot instance prices are starting to creep up. I am sort of guessing this is related to increased demand from COVID-19 induced app usage increases. Anyone else seeing this? Any one know if AWS is doing OK keeping up with demand?

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QuinnyPig 6y ago ↗

A small amount in most areas, yeah.

Frankly I'm surprised they have spot capacity at all, given how much other providers are struggling to work at all.

pwarner 6y ago ↗

Thanks for confirming. Let's hope this is all we see. Signed up for your newsletter!

pwarner 6y ago ↗

Oh, I see Azure is struggling more indeed. They have smaller overall size, and way more regions so that must be a really hard combo to maintain proper spare capacity.