Reducing Costs on AWS I have been running a VPS on AWS for the last year or so, I've got an EC2 instance with 200GB SSD, 4GB Ram, 4 vCPU. I'm running a cPanel/WHM server on CentOS with about 20-30 websites. I've had no performance issues with this setup and I'm quite happy with the way it's been running and all. But I'm wondering if there is any way I can reduce my costs on AWS? ++++++++++++++ If You want to buy cheap web hosting then visit http://Listfreetop.pw and select the cheapest hosting. it can be suitable for all your needs. Top 200 best traffic exchange sites http://Listfreetop.pw/surf list of top gpt sites list of top ptc sites list of top ptp sites list of top crypto currency Wallets sites Listfreetop.pw Listfreetop.pw Listfreetop.pw +++++++++++++++ currently I'm paying about $80USD per month for this which actually isn't too bad but I'm also no expert in the way AWS works so I have no idea if there is a way I can reduce costs. I've heard of things like Spot Pricing, but as far as I know this wouldn't be useful considering I need 100% uptime? Thanks You can get around ~30% savings by using a reserved instance. You don't need to change anything other than get a reserved instance of the same type and select the billing you want, around 30% off is standard with no upfront costs and savings go higher the longer you commit/more upfront you pay. considering I need 100% uptime? You won't get 100% uptime with a single instance, if you truly need 100% uptime then you need multiple instances in separate AZs. Server Management - AdminGeekZ.com Infrastructure Management, Web Application Performance, mySQL DBA. System Automation. WordPress/Magento Performance, Apache to Nginx Conversion, Varnish Implimentation, DDoS Protection, Custom Nginx Modules Check our wordpress varnish plugin. 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The reserved instance is essentially a billing item, so you would simply get it and leave your existing instance and it will reflect on your next bill. Providing you have the same instance type/region. Server Management - AdminGeekZ.com Infrastructure Management, Web Application Performance, mySQL DBA. System Automation. WordPress/Magento Performance, Apache to Nginx Conversion, Varnish Implimentation, DDoS Protection, Custom Nginx Modules Check our wordpress varnish plugin. Contact us for quote: sales@admingeekz.com No you don't need to create a new instance. The reserved instance is essentially a billing item, so you would simply get it and leave your existing instance and it will reflect on your next bill. Providing you have the same instance type/region. Thanks Scott, I have just gone ahead and created a reserved instance. Although I'm not sure if I screwed it up or not. I selected Linux/Unix and not sure if that would allocate itself correctly as I am running CentOS and WHM etc. I also haven't got a region set on the RI as I didn't see an option. How exactly would I know that it's coming into effect? Thanks for your help. Hi Guys, I have been running a VPS on AWS for the last year or so, I've got an EC2 instance with 200GB SSD, 4GB Ram, 4 vCPU. I'm running a cPanel/WHM server on CentOS with about 20-30 websites. I've had no performance issues with this setup and I'm quite happy with the way it's been running and all. But I'm wondering if there is any way I can reduce my costs on AWS? currently I'm paying about $80USD per month for this which actually isn't too bad but I'm also no expert in the way AWS works so I have no idea if there is a way I can reduce costs. I've heard of things like Spot Pricing, but as far as I know this wouldn't be useful considering I need 100% uptime? 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