DAY 12 : ??? EC2 vs. Lambda: Choosing the Right AWS Compute Service for Your Needs

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and AWS Lambda are two distinct compute services offered by AWS, each with its own use cases and benefits.

Amazon EC2:

• Provisioning: Allows you to provision virtual servers (instances) in AWS within minutes.
• AMIs: Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) are templates for deploying EC2 instances.
• Instance Types: Offers a variety of instance types tailored for different workloads:
• Operating Systems: Supports a wide range of OS options, including RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, and Windows.
• Processors: Offers various processors, including ARM, AMD, and Intel.

AWS Lambda:

• Serverless: Lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. AWS handles server maintenance, scaling, capacity provisioning, and logging.
• Use Cases: Suitable for file processing, stream processing, web applications, and mobile/web backends.
• Components:
• Benefits: No server management, automatic scaling, and pay-as-you-go pricing.
• Downsides: No local state, limited to 15-minute execution time, and potential cold start latency.
• Pricing Factors: Based on the number of function executions, execution duration, and memory/CPU usage.

Both services offer unique advantages depending on the specific needs of your application, with EC2 providing more control over the server environment and Lambda offering a fully managed, serverless experience.

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