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EMR looks simple on the bill. You launch a cluster, run Spark jobs, and terminate when done. The problem is most teams do not terminate when they think they do. That is where the money disappears. EMR Has Two Price Tags Every EMR instance has two sep...

Apr 9 · 2 min read · cloudcostwise.hashnode.dev  
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