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A company is running a compute workload by using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances that are in an Auto Scaling group. The launch template uses two placement groups and a single instance type. Recently, a moni

The correct answer is B. Create a new launch template version that uses attribute-based instance type selection.. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-attribute-based-instance-type-selection-for-ec2-auto- scaling-and-ec2-fleet/

Submitted by jordan8· Mar 6, 2026Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions

Question

A company is running a compute workload by using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances that are in an Auto Scaling group. The launch template uses two placement groups and a single instance type. Recently, a monitoring system reported Auto Scaling instance launch failures that correlated with longer wait times for system users. The company needs to improve the overall reliability of the workload. Which solution will meet this requirement?

Options

  • AReplace the launch template with a launch configuration to use an Auto Scaling group that uses
  • BCreate a new launch template version that uses attribute-based instance type selection.
  • CUpdate the launch template Auto Scaling group to increase the number of placement groups.
  • DUpdate the launch template to use a larger instance type.

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    14% (5)
  • B
    74% (26)
  • C
    9% (3)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-attribute-based-instance-type-selection-for-ec2-auto- scaling-and-ec2-fleet/

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