AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate MLA-C01 — Topic 1 Question 38

Question

An ML engineer needs to use an Amazon EMR cluster to process large volumes of data in batches. Any data loss is unacceptable. Which instance purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: D. The correct answer is D. Option D: Run the primary node and core nodes on On-Demand Instances. Run the task nodes on Spot Instances. Spot Instances use spare capacity at a large discount, ideal for fault-tolerant or interruptible workloads. This option delivers the requirement at the lowest cost.

AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate MLA-C01 — Question 38