Glossary term
What is Spot Instance?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Spot Instance" means: A server built from spare capacity at a lower price that AWS can take back, so it suits work that can be interrupted. It is taught in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup. Related terms include Savings Plan, Serverless, AMI and Container.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Spot Instance?
A server built from spare capacity at a lower price that AWS can take back, so it suits work that can be interrupted.
Where is Spot Instance taught?
Spot Instance is defined in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.
AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup
Which terms are related to Spot Instance?
Next to Spot Instance in the course glossaries: Savings Plan, Serverless, AMI, Container, EC2 instance, Amazon S3 bucket, Credit and Storage class.
Savings PlanServerlessAMIContainerEC2 instanceAmazon S3 bucketCreditStorage class
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Spot Instance?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup: No cloud, coding or IT experience is needed.