Tag: EC2

Slash Your Datadog Bill: Taming “Infra Host Hours” with EC2 Warm Pools (The Docker Swarm Edition!) 💸

May 25, 2025

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San

in Cloud Services

Dealing with an unexpectedly high Datadog bill due to “On-Demand Infrastructure Host (Pro) – Monthly” charges? If you’re using Docker Swarm on AWS EC2 with auto-scaling, your configuration might be the culprit. This post dives into how poorly configured EC2 auto-scaling can lead to a massive number of Datadog host hours and how leveraging EC2…