Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Gridpoint, Inc.

Joby Sky Lafky

Joshua Marc Burgin

Derek Solomon Pai

Anupama Sharma

Jacob Adam Gabrielson

Christoph Saalfeld

Stephen Alden Elliott

Aniruddha Shriram Daptardar

Matthew Scott Garman

Joseph Elmar Magerramov

Seth B Pollack

Seth W Bridges

Asem Rustum

Vatsal Bhardwaj

Dmitry Pushkarev

Deepthi Chelupati

Lawrence Wheeless

Abhijeet Pradeep Tirthgirikar

Zachary Axelrod

Aleksei Besogonov

Sanford L Spinrad

Boyd Lachlan McGeachie

Aniruddha Shrlram Daptardar

Andrei Prislopski

A computing resource service provider provides computing resources to customers, for example, computer system instances supported by server computer systems. These computer system instances may include logical volumes to support execution of the computer system instance. In addition, these instances may be terminated from time to time for various reasons. A stop signal transmitted to computing resource supporting a particular computer system instance may indicate that the particular computer system instance is to be terminated. In response to termination, the particular computer system instance may operate in accordance to a particular behavior.

User and system initiated instance hibernation

A method for launching a plurality of computing instances may include obtaining a request to launch a plurality of computing instances. The request may indicate a first number and a target number of compute instances that is larger than the first number. The method may further include verifying that there is sufficient capacity, for example of a compute instance service, to launch at least the first number of compute instances. The request may be fulfilled by at least launching at least the first number of compute instances in a way that bypasses a rate limit that limits a rate at which compute instances can be launched. In some cases, the method may additionally include launching additional compute instances, as they become available, until the target number has been reached.

Large scale compute instance launching

A computing resource service provider may provide customer with access to computing resources which may be utilized by the customer to execute a variety of applications and/or tasks. A provisioning service of the computing resource service provider may obtain application information from the customer and determine a set of computing resource configurations suitable for executing the customer's application based at least in part on the application information obtained from the customer. The customer may select a particular computing resource configuration to execute the customer application.

Application focused provisioning system

Systems and methods permit customers to purchase resource instances on a spot purchasing mode basis, which permits a customer to specify a maximum price that the customer is willing to pay for one or more resource instances (e.g., virtual machine instances running on physical servers). Further, the resource instances purchased under the spot purchasing mode can be guaranteed to run for at least a specified period of time, even if the current variable spot cost value is exceeds the original bid price. Such instances run for defined blocks of time which may be selectable by the customer, thereby providing the customer some level of assurance that the instances will not terminate prematurely due to spot cost value fluctuations. Instances are assigned into a spot block instance pool from other types of pool based on the estimated excess capacity of such other types of pools. The estimate of excess capacity is based on statistical analysis of the usage of the instances.

Interruptible resource instances for block time periods

This document describes techniques for allocating instances in a service provider network. In an example embodiment, a resource manager provides a number of allocation strategies for determining which instances to assign to a client. The resource manager applies a client selected one of the allocation strategies to assign instances to the client. One of the allocation strategies includes determining for each of a plurality of pools of resource instances, an estimate of time that a unit cost of each of the number of resource instances in the pool will be no more than a maximum unit cost specified by the client. The instances are assigned to the client while the unit cost of the instances is less than a client specified amount.

Strategic resource allocation in a web-based computing system

This document describes techniques for activating multiple interruptible resource instances on servers of a service provider environment. In an example embodiment, a system can activate multiple interruptible resource instances on behalf of a given customer based on a comparison of a bid cost value from the customer to the current, but variable cost value of the interruptible resource instances. The customer also can specify a value indicative of the number of interruptible resource instances to be activated on behalf of the customer based on the bid cost value.

User-initiated activation of multiple interruptible resource instances

A system that enables power flow management for electrical devices, such as electric vehicles. Power flow managers can coordinate charging activities. Power flow decisions may be based on site-level information. Power flow management strategies may be optimized. Power spikes may be avoided by using safe failure modes. Generation stacks may be used for reducing cost. AGC commands are used to control power resources. Power regulation are apportioned to power resources, and power regulation ranges may be determined. Power flow strategies are implemented in response to changes in intermittent power flow. Locations of devices may be determined using network fingerprints. Power flow measurements are determined, and AC power flows are inferred from DC power flows. Network traffic consumption are minimized. Communication protocols are translated. Enhanced vehicle communications are provided that communicate to vehicle subsystems, that arbitrate smart charge points, and that use existing hardware, non-specific hardware, or control extensibility systems.

Electric vehicle power management systems

A system for installing an electronic device connected to a host device with consideration given to the host controller that enables the connection mechanism is provided. Information about the electronic device and the host controller is determined. An identifier that identifies the electronic device and the host controller is created based on the determined information. The identifier is used to search for a device driver for the electronic device that is specific to the host controller.

Device installation with host controller consideration

A method and system for enabling a printing program to communicate with a printer relies on a plug and play manager to detect the presence of a printer and send a notification message to the printing program when a device driver registers a new device in the operating system registry. In response to the message, the printing program calls a function in a dynamic port monitor that retrieves the new device registration information from the operating system registry. The dynamic port monitor then creates a port name for the printer and associates it with the physical printer port. The dynamic port monitor also periodically determines whether any excess ports need to be deleted.

Method and system for enabling a printing program to communicate with a printer

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