belter • 2 days ago

If you use hourly billed machines...Sounds like the world most expensive semaphore :-)

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messe • 2 days ago

EC2 bills by the second.

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belter • 2 days ago

Some...

"Your Amazon EC2 usage is calculated by either the hour or the second based on the size of the instance, operating system, and the AWS Region where the instances are launched" - https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ec2-instance-hour-billin...

https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/

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QuinnyPig • 2 days ago

MacOS instances appear to be the sole remaining exception since RHEL got on board.

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redeux • 2 days ago

Thanks Corey. Always nice to get the TL;DR from an authority on the subject.

JoshTriplett • 1 day ago

With a one-minute minimum, unfortunately.

torginus • 2 days ago

except we are actually using them :)

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belter • 2 days ago

Just don't call them before the hour and start a different one again.Because otherwise within the hour, you will be billed for hundreds of hours...If they are of the type billed by the hour....