[cs615asa] hw#2 grades posted

[Jan Schaumann]

John Wierzchowski <jwierzch at stevens.edu> wrote:
 
> What do you mean by micro instances? I thought by default the instance is
> the smallest type (m1 or something like that, or is this only refer to "hard
> rive" space)

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/

Micro instances are even smaller, and try to cleverly give you CPU
resources only in bursts (and will actually throttle your usage if you
have continous usage).  But they are even cheaper ($0.02 per hour, I
think).

You can start one with "-t t1.micro" (versus the normally implied "-t
m1.small").

-Jan