Simulating a reserved queue - MediaConvert
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Simulating a reserved queue

You can run a job in a simulated reserved queue to test its performance. When you do, MediaConvert runs your job from an on-demand queue with similar performance to what you will see with one RTS in a reserved queue. Take note of how long you job takes to complete and use this job completion time when calculating how many RTS you need.

Console

To simulate a job's reserved queue performance using the MediaConvert console:

  1. Open the Create job page in the MediaConvert console.

  2. Choose Job management on the left menu under Job settings.

  3. Set Simulate reserved queue to Enabled.

API, SDK, or the Amazon CLI

To simulate a job's reserved queue performance using the API, SDK, or Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI), set SimulateReservedQueue to ENABLED. This property is a direct child of Jobs, which is in the top level of the JSON job specification. The default value is DISABLED.

The following is an excerpt of a job settings JSON with SimulateReservedQueue set to ENABLED.

{
    "Settings": {
        "OutputGroups": [...],
        "Inputs": [...]
    },
	"SimulateReservedQueue": "ENABLED"
}

For more information, see the MediaConvert API Reference.