Cant-Be-Late Multi-Region Scheduling Problem
Multi-region cloud spot instance scheduling benchmark with multiple difficulty variants.
Variants
This problem has 8 variants combining three dimensions:
| Dimension | Options | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | high_availability |
East coast regions with good spot availability |
low_availability |
West coast regions with lower spot availability | |
| Deadline | tight_deadline |
36 hours (12-hour slack) |
loose_deadline |
48 hours (24-hour slack) | |
| Overhead | small_overhead |
0.05 hours (3 minutes) restart overhead |
large_overhead |
0.20 hours (12 minutes) restart overhead |
Variant Examples
| Variant | Deadline | Overhead | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|
high_availability_loose_deadline_large_overhead |
48h (24h slack) | 0.20h (12 min) | East coast |
high_availability_loose_deadline_small_overhead |
48h (24h slack) | 0.05h (3 min) | East coast |
high_availability_tight_deadline_large_overhead |
36h (12h slack) | 0.20h (12 min) | East coast |
high_availability_tight_deadline_small_overhead |
36h (12h slack) | 0.05h (3 min) | East coast |
low_availability_loose_deadline_large_overhead |
48h (24h slack) | 0.20h (12 min) | West coast |
low_availability_loose_deadline_small_overhead |
48h (24h slack) | 0.05h (3 min) | West coast |
low_availability_tight_deadline_large_overhead |
36h (12h slack) | 0.20h (12 min) | West coast |
low_availability_tight_deadline_small_overhead |
36h (12h slack) | 0.05h (3 min) | West coast |
Multi-Region Feature
Unlike single-region cant_be_late, this problem allows:
- Switching between multiple AWS regions at each timestep
- Each region has different spot availability patterns
- Switching regions forces a restart overhead
Evaluation Scenarios
Stage 1: Quick check on 2-region scenario (must pass to proceed)
Stage 2: Full evaluation on multiple scenarios:
- 2 zones same region (8 traces)
- 2 regions east-west (8 traces)
- 3 regions diverse (6 traces)
- 3 zones same region (6 traces)
- 5 regions high diversity (4 traces)
- All 9 regions (2 traces)
Directory Structure
cant_be_late_multi/
├── common/ # Shared evaluator code
│ ├── __init__.py # Configuration definitions
│ ├── run_evaluator.py # Main evaluation logic
│ └── cant-be-late-simulator/ # Simulator with multi-region support
├── {variant}/ # Each variant directory
│ ├── evaluator.py # Thin wrapper importing from common/
│ ├── readme # Problem specification and API
│ ├── config.yaml # Variant configuration
│ └── resources/ # Resources for evaluation
└── README.md # This file
Common Parameters
All variants share:
- Task duration: 24 hours
- On-demand price: ~$3.06/hr
- Spot price: ~$0.97/hr
- Time limit: 300 seconds
- 9 available AWS regions