Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Introduces Predictive Scaling as a Native Scaling Policy

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now natively supports Predictive Scaling so you can proactively scale out your Auto Scaling group to be ready for upcoming demand. Predictive Scaling can help you avoid the need to over-provision capacity, resulting in lower EC2 cost, while ensuring your application’s responsiveness. (Previously, Predictive Scaling was only available via AWS Auto Scaling Plans.) https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/05/amazon-ec2-auto-scaling-introduces-predictive-scaling-native-scaling-policy/

May 24, 2021 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida

EC2 root volume replacing

Amazon EC2 enables you to replace the root EBS volume for a running instance Limitations: You can’t replace the root volume if it is an instance store volume. You can’t replace the root volume for metal instances. More details: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/04/ec2-enables-replacing-root-volumes-for-quick-restoration-and-troubleshooting/ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-restoring-volume.html#replace-root

April 30, 2021 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida