Amazon EC2 Billing Explained: What Are You Actually Paying For?

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Amazon EC2 often looks straightforward when you first estimate the cost. Choose an instance type, check the hourly rate, estimate how many hours it will run, and calculate the monthly cost. But when the AWS bill arrives, the amount associated with running an EC2-based workload can look very different from that original calculation. The reason […]