Amazon launches autoscaling service on AWS

One of the key benefits of cloud computing is always the ability to scale up to meet short-term needs and scale back when that need is met. In other words, you do not have to pay for infrastructure that you do not have to cover against heavy use. That usually meant server capacity, but over time this has been applied to other cloud services. Developers can now automatically set scales for a range of AWS services in a single interface.

Companies usually use multiple AWS services to build their applications, and so far that required some work to ensure that the various parts were scaling, such as the application's requirement. In a blog post from the company announcing the new feature, Jeff Barr from Amazon explained how the new service greatly simplifies automatic scaling for developers.

"You no longer need to set alarms and scaling actions for each resource and service, instead simply point AWS Auto Scaling to your application and select the services and sources of interest, then select the scale option you want for each option and AWS Auto Scaling does the rest so you can discover the scalable resources and then create a scale plan that addresses the sources of interest, "Barr wrote in the blog post.

The new service offers developers a range of auto-scaling options that provide a way to balance costs, availability, or a combination of both, depending on the specific requirements of your business and application. While you are setting a certain scale boundary, AWS Auto Scaling can actually automatically create a series of scale divisions based on your configuration.

The way it works is that you select an application and then create a scale configuration plan in which you set scales for each resource.

This new feature is immediately available in the regions US East (Northern Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), EU (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (Singapore) .