What are the cheapest VMs that can be used to run ...
# ask-metaflow
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What are the cheapest VMs that can be used to run metaflow in AKS (Azure)? And why is the default node pool using "Standard_D2_v2" instances which have temporary storage as opposed to using instances without it? Is the temporary storage necessary? Could "Standard_D2_v4" be used instead? (It has no temporary storage) Was anyone able to use spot instances successfuly in AKS? I've searched the slack and haven't found much
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@stale-florist-77883 metaflow makes no assumption about the instance families or types you may want to use. Any instance that support linux works - whether they have temporary storage or not - assuming you would attach some networked storage to the instance.
you can use spot instances as well - we have used them successfully
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Thanks for answering! I've gotten the spot instances to work successfully as well in the end 🙂 Just used the @kubernetes decorator with tolerations.
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