AWS users appreciate the economical and burstable performance model offered by T2 instances. These instances are particularly popular for running a variety of general-purpose workloads, including web servers, development environments, continuous integration servers, testing environments, and smaller databases. T2 instances deliver a solid baseline performance while allowing users to automatically scale up to full-core processing capabilities as needed (if you’re unfamiliar with this model, refer to another blog post for more details).
Today, we are excited to introduce two new larger sizes of T2 instances: t2.xlarge, equipped with 16 GiB of memory, and t2.2xlarge, which comes with 32 GiB of memory. These new instance sizes allow customers with larger resource needs to take advantage of the pricing and performance benefits of the T2 burst model (this marks the third expansion of the T2 instance range; t2.large was added last June, and t2.nano was introduced last December).
Specifications for T2 Instance Sizes
| Name | vCPUs | Baseline Performance | Platform | Memory (GiB) | CPU Credits / Hour | Price / Hour (Linux) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t2.nano | 1 | 5% | 32-bit or 64-bit | 0.5 | 3 | $0.0059 |
| t2.micro | 1 | 10% | 32-bit or 64-bit | 1 | 6 | $0.012 |
| t2.small | 1 | 20% | 32-bit or 64-bit | 2 | 12 | $0.023 |
| t2.medium | 2 | 40% | 32-bit or 64-bit | 4 | 24 | $0.047 |
| t2.large | 2 | 60% | 64-bit | 8 | 36 | $0.094 |
| t2.xlarge | 4 | 90% | 64-bit | 16 | 54 | $0.188 |
| t2.2xlarge | 8 | 135% | 64-bit | 32 | 81 | $0.376 |
Strategies for Transitioning Existing Workloads
- Workloads running on t2.large can be upgraded to t2.xlarge or t2.2xlarge for increased memory capacity.
- Intermittent workloads from c4.2xlarge can be migrated to t2.xlarge, realizing significant cost savings while maintaining similar burst performance.
- For intermittent m4.xlarge workloads, transitioning to t2.xlarge offers a slight cost reduction along with enhanced burst performance.
The new instance types are available now as On-Demand and Reserved Instances across all AWS regions. For more in-depth information, check out this page where you can find additional insights on this topic.
Don’t forget to register for our upcoming webinar on January 19th for a more comprehensive understanding of these new instances. Sign up here.
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