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AWS Spot Interruption Rates at Historic Low — Under 5% for m5, c5, r5 Families

📅 August 2025 ✍️ TCOIQ Analysis ⚡ Medium Impact

AWS Spot interruption rates dropped below 5% for m5, c5, r5 instance families across major regions including ap-southeast-1. Low rates attributed to capacity expansion. m5.large in us-east-1: under 2%.

TCOIQ: With under 5% interruption, Spot fleets using 6-10 instance types across 3 AZs have near-zero actual interruptions. Start with CI/CD (immediate 70% saving), then ML training with checkpointing, then production web tier with 20% On-Demand baseline.

💰 TCOIQ Cost Impact
60-70% vs On-Demand — 50-instance m7i.2xlarge fleet saves $115,000/year. Low rates now enable production Spot use
📎 Official Source: AWS EC2 Spot Advisor ↗

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