An analytics firm processes data batches using two types of cloud computing instances: High-Memory Instances () and High-Compute Instances ().
- Processing Capacity: Each High-Memory Instance processes thousand transactions per hour, and each High-Compute Instance processes thousand transactions per hour. The workload requires a total processing rate of at least thousand transactions per hour.
- Instance Availability: At most High-Memory Instances () and at most High-Compute Instances () are available. At least instance of each type must be used ( and ).
- Load Balancing Constraint: To ensure infrastructure stability, the number of High-Memory Instances cannot exceed twice the number of High-Compute Instances ().
- Operating Costs: High-Memory Instances cost per hour each, while High-Compute Instances cost per hour each.
Select the number of High-Memory Instances () and the number of High-Compute Instances () that minimize the total hourly operating cost while satisfying all operational requirements.
- Number of High-Memory Instances ()1
- Number of High-Compute Instances ()6