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How GoPro optimized its media transcoding pipeline at scale with Amazon EC2 Spot Instances

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This article discusses how GoPro optimized its media transcoding pipeline at scale using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • GoPro's media processing pipeline, including ingesting videos to Amazon S3, preprocessing jobs, transcoding jobs on Amazon ECS with Docker containers and FFmpeg on Amazon EC2
  • Deploying Amazon ECS cluster to Amazon EC2 Spot Instances to save 50%-70% on on-demand spend, with an auto-fallback to on-demand instances if Spot is unavailable
  • Using attribute-based instance type selection, capacity-optimized allocation strategy, and automated draining of interrupted Spot instances
  • Monitoring Spot instance usage and interruptions with AWS Lambda and a custom dashboard
  • Conclusion: Running over 70% of containerized workloads on Spot Instances, driving significant savings
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