When you think container orchestration, you usually think Kubernetes.
AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) is just as great an alternative, especially when you want to keep costs low and don’t want the extra bells and whistles that come with Kubernetes. ECS’ managed service approach is a big help too as it takes care of the heavy lifting behind scheduling, scaling, and load balancing. Developers can focus on building and maintaining their applications without getting bogged down by infrastructure management.
But when you create any plan, it pays to think about the worst-case scenarios and tailor your solution accordingly. This post describes one such scenario with ECS.
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