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Amazon ECS Managed Instances adds cross-instance and Spot consolidation

Amazon ECS Managed Instances now offers cross-instance and Spot consolidation, optimizing resource utilization and reducing costs by repacking tasks across multiple instances and Spot capacity.

Amazon ECS Managed Instances introduced two infrastructure optimization updates: cross-instance and Spot consolidation. Cross-instance consolidation evaluates tasks running across multiple underutilized instances, packing them into fewer instances to increase utilization and reduce costs. Spot consolidation extends this capability to Spot capacity, consolidating underutilized Spot instances after confirming alternative capacity is available. These features are available at no additional cost in all AWS regions and automatically apply to existing and new ECS Managed Instances capacity providers.

Why it matters

Amazon ECS Managed Instances provisions, configures, and operates appropriately sized Amazon EC2 instances for workloads, balancing availability and cost. This update enhances infrastructure optimization, improving cost efficiency.

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