AWS Instance Types

Question 1

What are the instance types?

Answer 1

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D => Dense (Storage)

R => RAM (Optimized)

M => Mainstream (General Purpose)

C => Compute (Optimized)

I => IOPS (High speed throughput)

F => FPGA (Custom programmable)

T => Turbo (Low-end but supports burst mode)

P => PIctures (Graphics)

X => Xtreme (Memory/expense)

Question 2

What instance type would I use for memory optimised workloads?

Answer 2

R (RAM) type instance

Question 3

What instance type would I use for burst type workloads?

Answer 3

T (MGeneral) type instance

Question 4

What instance type would I use for general type workloads?

Answer 4

M (General) type instance

Question 5

What instance type would I use for storage type workloads?

Answer 5

D (DISK) type instance

Question 6

What instance size should I use when I do not have any requirement?

Answer 6

T or M

T if the burst is acceptable

Question 7

How does the T instance burst work?

Answer 7

If you are below baseline (typically 20% you gain credits if you are above the baseline you use credits.

Question 8

What instance type would I use for computer type workloads?

Answer 8

C (COMPUTE) (CPU)