AWS Compute & Storage

Services

AWS Compute Services

Amazon EC2
Roadmap

• AWS Compute Services

• Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud),
• EC2 Instance Types
• EC2 Pricing Models
• EC2 Instance Lifecycle
• Auto Scaling
• Elastic Load Balancing

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 AWS compute services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers many compute services

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 AWS compute services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers many compute services

 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides resizable virtual machines.
 Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling supports application availability by allowing you to define
conditions that will automatically launch or terminate EC2 instances.
 Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) is used to store and retrieve
Docker images.
 Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)is a container orchestration service
that supports Docker.
 VMware Cloud on AWS enables you to provision a hybrid cloud without custom
hardware.
 AWS Elastic Beanstalk provides a simple way to run and manage web applications
 AWS Lambda is a serverless compute solution. You pay only for the compute time
that you use.
 Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) enables you to run managed
Kubernetes on AWS.

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 AWS compute services

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 AWS compute services

• Choosing the optimal compute service

• The optimal compute service or services that you use will depend on
your use case
• Some aspects to consider
• What is your application design?
• What are your usage patterns?
• Which configuration settings will you want to manage?
• Selecting the wrong compute solution for an architecture
can lead to lower performance efficiency
• A good starting place—Understand the available compute
options

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 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
(Amazon EC2)

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 Amazon Elastic Compute
Cloud (Amazon EC2)
Provides virtual machines— • Elastic refers to the fact that you can
referred to as EC2 instances—in easily increase or decrease the
the cloud. number of servers you run to
Gives you full control over the support an application
guest operating system automatically, and you can also
(Windows or Linux) on each increase or decrease the size of
instance. existing servers
You can launch instances of any • Compute refers to reason why most
size into an Availability Zone users run servers in the first place,
anywhere in the world. which is to host running
Launch instances from applications or process data actions
Amazon Machine Images that require compute resources,
(AMIs). including processing power (CPU)
Launch instances with a few and memory (RAM)
clicks or a line of code, and
they are ready in minutes. • Cloud refers to the fact that the EC2
You can control traffic to and from instances that you run are hosted in
instances. the cloud
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What is Amazon EC2?
• Provides on-demand, scalable computing capacity in the
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
• Reduces hardware costs so you can develop and deploy
applications faster
• Launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need,
configure security and networking, and manage storage
• You can add capacity (scale up) to handle compute-heavy
tasks, such as monthly or yearly processes, or spikes in
website traffic. When usage decreases, you can reduce
capacity (scale down) again.
• a virtual server in the AWS Cloud

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Launching an Amazon EC2
instance
1. Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Provides information that is required to launch an EC2 instance. You must specify
a source AMI when you launch an instance
Contains a Windows or Linux operating system
Often also has some software pre-installed

Types of AMIs :
Quick Start –AWS offers a number of pre-built AMIs for launching your instances.
These AMIs include many Linux and Windows options.
My AMIs –These AMIs are AMIs that you created.
AWS Marketplace –The AWS Marketplace offers a digital catalogue that lists
thousands of software solutions. These AMIs can offer specific use cases to help
you get started quickly.
Community AMIs –These AMIs are created by people all around the world.

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 Launching an Amazon EC2
instance
2. Select an instance type
• After you choose the AMI for launching the instance, you must choose
on an instance type.
• optimized to fit different use cases

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Launching an Amazon EC2
instance
2. Select an instance type: EC2 instance type naming and sizes

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Launching an Amazon EC2
instance
2. Select an instance type: EC2 instance type naming and sizes
Instance types vary in several ways, including: CPU type, CPU or core
count, storage type, storage amount, memory amount, and network
performance.
 T3 instances provide burstable performance general purpose instances
that provide a baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst
above the baseline.
websites and web applications, development environments, build servers, code
repositories, microservices, test and staging environments, and line-of-business
applications
C5 instances are optimized for compute-intensive workloads, and
deliver cost-effective high performance at a low price per compute ratio.
scientific modeling, batch processing, ad serving, highly scalable multiplayer gaming,
and video encoding
R5 instances are optimized for memory-intensive applications
high-performance databases, data mining and analysis, in-memory databases,
distributed web-scale in-memory caches, applications that perform real-time
processing of unstructured big data, Apache Hadoop or Apache Spark clusters, and
other enterprise applications
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 Instance lifecycle
• Transitions through different states from the moment you launch
it through to its termination – lifecycle

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 Instance lifecycle
Instance Description Instance usage
state billing

pending The instance is preparing to enter Not billed

the running state. An instance enters
the pending state when it is launched or when it
is started after being in the stopped state.

running The instance is running and ready for use. Billed

stoppin The instance is preparing to be stopped. Not billed

g
stopped The instance is shut down and cannot be used. Not billed
The instance can be started at any time.

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 Instance lifecycle
Instance state Description Instance usage billing

shutting- The instance is preparing Not billed

down to be terminated.

terminated The instance has been Not billed

permanently deleted and
cannot be started. Note
Reserved Instances
that applied to
terminated instances
are billed until the end
of their term according
to their payment option.

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 Instance purchasing
options
 On-Demand Instances
 Pay for compute capacity by the second with no long-
term commitments
 Full control over the instance's lifecycle—you decide when to
launch, stop, hibernate, start, reboot, or terminate it

 No long-term commitment

 Pay only for the seconds - 60-second minimum

 Short-term, irregular workloads that cannot be interrupted

 On-Demand Instances, use AWS Savings Plans, Spot

Instances, or Reserved Instances for Amazon EC2 overview.
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 Instance purchasing
options
 Reserved Instances
 Significant savings on your Amazon EC2 costs
compared to On-Demand Instance pricing
 Reserved Instances are not physical instances, but rather a
billing discount applied to the use of On-Demand Instances in
your account
 On-Demand Instances must match certain attributes,
such as instance type and Region, in order to benefit from the billing
discount

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 Instance purchasing
options
 Reserved Instances
Key variables that determine Reserved Instance pricing
• Instance attributes
• Instance type
• Region
• Tenancy
• Platform
• Term commitment
• One-year: A year is defined as 31536000 seconds (365 days).
• Three-year: Three years is defined as 94608000 seconds (1095 days).
• Payment options
• All Upfront - Partial Upfront - No Upfront

• Offering class
• Standard - Convertible

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 Instance purchasing
options
Spot Instances
• uses spare EC2 capacity that is available for less
than the On-Demand price
• enable you to request unused EC2 instances at
steep discounts
• The hourly price for a Spot Instance is called a Spot
price
• Spot Instances are a cost-effective choice if you can
be flexible about when your applications run and if
your applications can be interrupted
• Spot Instances are well-suited for data analysis,
batch jobs, background processing, and optional
tasks
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 Instance purchasing
options
Spot Instances On-Demand Instances
Launch time Can only be launched immediately if the Can only be launched immediately
Spot Instance request is active and capacity if you make a manual launch
is available. request and capacity is available.
Available If capacity is not available, the Spot Instance If capacity is not available when
capacity request continues to automatically make the you make a launch request, you
launch request until capacity becomes get an insufficient capacity error
available. (ICE).
Hourly price The hourly price for Spot Instances varies The hourly price for On-Demand
based on long-term supply and demand. Instances is static.

Rebalance The signal that Amazon EC2 emits for a You determine when an On-
recommendat running Spot Instance when the instance is Demand Instance is interrupted
ion at an elevated risk of interruption. (stopped, hibernated, or
terminated).
Instance You can stop and start an Amazon EBS- You determine when an On-
interruption backed Spot Instance. In addition, Amazon Demand Instance is interrupted
EC2 can interrupt an individual Spot Instance (stopped, hibernated, or
if capacity is no longer available. terminated).

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 Instance purchasing
options
Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts

Physical server that is fully dedicated for your use.

Dedicated Hosts provide visibility and control over

instance placement and they support host affinity.

Dedicated Hosts provide comprehensive Bring Your

Own License (BYOL) support

Allow you to use your existing per-socket, per-core, or

per-VM software licenses, including Windows Server,
SQL Server,…………
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References

• https://
docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-types.ht
ml

• https://
docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-lifecy
cle.html

• https://
docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-purchasin
g-options.html

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