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What are the four main EC2 pricing models?
There are four pricing models for Amazon EC2 instances: On-Demand Instances, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances, and Dedicated Hosts.
- On-Demand Instances:
- Spot Instances:
- Reserved Instances:
- Dedicated Hosts:
How do AWS save costs?
10 steps to minimize AWS costs
- Delete unattached EBS volumes.
- Delete aged snapshots.
- Delete unattached elastic IP addresses.
- Terminate zombie assets.
- Upgrade instances to the latest generation.
- Rightsize EC2 instances.
- Apply start/stop schedules to non-production instances.
- Purchase Reserved Instances whenever possible.
Why NGINX is fast?
But nginx does not require context switching, since a single thread can serve all requests (actually we typically configure nginx to run in as many processes as there are CPU cores). This is the main reason why nginx is faster, meaning it can serve more requests per second than Apache on the same hardware.
Is Nginx better than Apache for performance?
On the other hand, as we said, by not allowing directory-level configurations, Nginx gains a significant edge over Apache. There is an article on Nginx wiki that compares performance impact: Nginx modules system is one more thing that positions it as a more premium choice.
What is Nginx and what is it used for?
Nginx and Apache are popular web servers used to deliver web pages to a user’s browser. In our case, from a hosted WordPress site.
What are ngnginx and Apache web services?
NGINX and Apache are two of the biggest open source web services worldwide, handling more than half of the internet’s total traffic. They’re both designed to handle different workloads and to complement various types of software, creating a comprehensive web stack. But which is best for you?
What is modules in Nginx and Apache?
Modules — as a feature that allows users to extend web server functionality — exist both in Nginx and Apache. Apache allows users to install modules once the web server has already been installed and deployed and then enabled/disabled them as needed.