%% Last Updated: - [[2021-02-10]] Related - [[Load Testing]] [[Performance Testing]] [[AWS]] %% Consider using normal On Demand instances rather than spot instances. While spot instances can save money on provisioning costs, it also means that if someone bids higher on spot instances than you did, those grids can be taken from you and allocated to someone else. This obviously isn't ideal in a load test, so if you do have issues starting enough grids, I'd suggest increasing your spot bid or just using normal On Demand [[Amazon EC2]] instances. ## See also - [[AWS EC2 Spot]]