Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a web service provided by AWS (Amazon Web Services) that allows users to rent virtual servers, known as instances, to run applications in the cloud. It provides scalable computing power, enabling businesses to deploy applications without the need to invest in physical hardware.
Key Features of Amazon EC2:
- Scalability: Easily scale up or down based on demand.
- Multiple Instance Types: Choose from various instance types optimized for computing, memory, storage, or GPU processing.
- Flexible Pricing: Offers different pricing models such as On-Demand, Reserved, and Spot Instances.
- Security: Integrates with AWS security services like IAM (Identity and Access Management) and Security Groups.
- Reliability: Hosted in multiple AWS regions and availability zones for high availability.
EC2 is widely used for hosting websites, applications, big data processing, and machine learning workloads. Would you like help with setting up an EC2 instance?
