Cloud Rendering EC2 spot instances

Thanks to the cloud wizard we are finally rendering with the help of some off-site power!

Spot instances on amazons cloud service are so much cheaper than the on-demand service (1/3 the price cheaper sometimes). A render job getting interrupted wouldn’t be the end of the world since they would be picked back up later, is there anything in the works for upgrading Balancer with the smarts to work with Amazon’s Spot Instancing bid system ?

Awesome! Be careful for what you wish for around here! :wink:

Indeed, support for discounted instance types is in the works. I cannot provide an exact time frame, but suffice it to say that it’s a high priority.