AWS EC2 - Virtual Servers (14 min)

What is Amazon EC2?

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable virtual servers, known as instances, in the cloud. EC2 allows businesses to run applications without investing in physical hardware, scaling capacity up or down as needed.

Key Features of EC2

EC2 offers a wide variety of instance types optimized for compute, memory, or storage workloads, along with flexible pricing models such as On-Demand, Reserved, and Spot Instances. It also integrates with auto scaling and load balancing for high availability.

Common EC2 Use Cases

EC2 is commonly used for web hosting, application development and testing, big data processing, and running enterprise applications that require reliable, scalable compute power on demand.