Auto scaling group

AWS introduced autoscaling to make EC2 cluster scaling easier. We've seen users constantly make changes to their EC2s and put new policies into play. It’s important to update your Autoscaling group with the new instances so that it doesn’t ignore these machines.

You can't always shut down your EC2 machine outside of business hours since some machines are needed up for longer periods. Totalcloud's new downgrade feature lets you optimize your costs by letting you downgrade your machines in a fixed schedule.

As part of a new request by a customer, we've developed a workflow to deploy 3-tier applications much faster. Utilising merely 3 workflows to achieve a result that would have you scripting and troubleshooting for hours. This post gives you an idea of how this workflow functions, the services being used, and how you can benefit from it.

These are the most effective AWS tips for optimizing Auto Scaling Groups. Auto-scaling groups are a cost optimizing and resource optimizing solution AWS has provided to keep your EC2 instances at their desired amount.