Is spark-ec2 intended for spinning up production Spark clusters? I think the answer is no.
However, the docs for spark-ec2 <https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/ec2-scripts.html> very much leave that possibility open, and indeed I see many people asking questions or opening issues that stem from some production use case they are trying to fit spark-ec2 to. Here's the latest example <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-6900?focusedCommentId=14504236&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14504236> of someone using spark-ec2 to power their (presumably) production service. Shouldn't we actively discourage people from using spark-ec2 in this way? I understand there's no stopping people from doing what they want with it, and certainly the questions and issues we receive about spark-ec2 are still valid, even if they stem from discouraged use cases. >From what I understand, spark-ec2 is intended for quick experimentation, one-off jobs, prototypes, and so forth. If that's the case, it's best to stress this in the docs. Nick
