One of the key benefits of cloud computing is the resource optimization achieved through hardware abstraction. This article explains how Azure Spot can provide a scalable virtualization management solution saving you from using unnecessary VMs. By Symon Perriman.
When a workload becomes virtualized, it is no longer bound to any specific server and can be placed on any host with available and compatible resources. This allows organizations to consolidate their hardware and reduce their expenses by optimizing the placement of these virtual machines (VMs) so that they are most efficiently using the underlying hardware.
The main bits of the article:
- What is Azure spot?
- Azure spot VM workloads
- Deploying an Azure spot VM
- Evicting an Azure spot VM
- Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and Azure spot VMs
This is another great example of how Microsoft is providing its customers with more deployment options and reducing costs while maximizing their hardware utilization. Nice one!
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