[StarCluster] Max spot instance count exceeded

[Nik Krumm]

Hi Torstein,

You will need to email AWS support or use the linked form from here
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-spot-limits.html
and have them lift this restriction on your account. 

The cap applies to all instances under one AWS account-- I would check if there are any orphaned nodes or clusters running via the console. If not, you are right to be suspicious, as I believe the default cap is 20. Also, I think there are two separate caps-- one for spot instances and one for regular instances (but I could be wrong about that).

cheers,
~Nik

On May 26, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Torstein Fjermestad wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> when trying to add two new nodes to my cluster, I get the following error message:
> 
> >>> Launching node(s): node006, node007
> !!! ERROR - MaxSpotInstanceCountExceeded: Max spot instance count exceeded
> 
> The message is fairly obvious, but I find it suspicious because currently my cluster  only consists of one master node and four  slave nodes. 
> 
> Is this really the maximum size of the cluster, or is the error message caused by something else?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> Regards,
> Torstein Fjermestad
> 
> 
> 
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