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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling overview

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling overview - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling overview

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- [Instructor] auto scaling is a technology that enables your compute capacity to automatically adjust whenever your application load changes. It allows you to acquire more resources based on your current demand and release the same resources when you no longer need them. We will learn more about auto scaling in this lecture as well as its core concepts, terminologies, features and various use cases. Let's start off with the concept of elasticity in AWS. Elasticity refers to the ability to dynamically acquire or release resources when you need them. This process can be easily and automatically done in the cloud since it has hundreds of thousands of servers that are scattered across the globe. The AWS global infrastructure enables you to massively scale your resources and serve your clients effectively around the world. You can launch more servers in AWS to meet your growing requirements in a matter of minutes and then remove these resources upon the completion of your task. By adding…

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