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Optimize EC2 instance usage

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Optimize EC2 instance usage

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- [Narrator] Of the various services offered by Amazon EC2 compute service is one of the most commonly used. In the earlier movies, you've seen how to optimize compute costs for Amazon EC2. The optimal compute solution is not only optimized for costs, but also performance. Your workloads optimal compute solution will vary and largely depend on your application requirement and usage patterns. First, let's talk about application requirements. AWS provides optimized instance types for specific workloads types. The instance types also known as instance families are categorized as general purpose, compute optimized, memory optimized, storage optimized and accelerated computing. General purpose instances provide a balance of compute memory and networking resources and are suitable for various workloads including web servers. Compute optimized instances run on high-performance processors and are suitable for compute intensive…

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