Configuring provisioning timeouts to control capacity in Amazon EMR - Amazon EMR
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Configuring provisioning timeouts to control capacity in Amazon EMR

When you use instance fleets, you can configure provisioning timeouts. A provisioning timeout instructs Amazon EMR to stop provisioning instance capacity if the cluster exceeds a specified time threshold during cluster launch or cluster scaling operations. The following topics cover how to configure a provisioning timeout for cluster launch and for cluster scale-up operations.