Feature Request : Spot VMs for keeping archive appliance cost down

[dejan.ilic]

I have noticed that archiving easily can spin up 5-10 VMs during the archival process running for many hours, and at the same time requiring fairly large (expensive) VMs if you have any machine with a little more storage usage.

I would like to be able to use Spot VMs for Archive Appliance, instead of regular PayAsYouGo highest possible cost VMs, given the size.
It can save up to 90% of the cost for the short lived, but numerous VMs, it can have an impact on the costs without losing much as the process.

[HannesK]

Hello,
agree, that idea sounds promising in general. On the other hand, it adds complexity to the software. "up to 90%" does not mean that one saves "always 90%".

Two questions... how much do you pay per month today for which amount of data that is archived? And which cloud do you use? (you can also send me the information via direct message, if you don't want to put that in public).

Thanks,
Hannes

[veremin]

Not sure how it will work for us. As I understood, spot VM can be evicted (stopped or removed) by Azure suddenly in the middle of our archiving process. Thanks!