cloudonaut Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 The promise sounds tempting; with AWS, you can roll out your infrastructure in 28 regions worldwide. Indeed, it is an eye-opening moment when rolling out the same infrastructure into multiple regions to serve users in different parts of the world. However, a few stumbling blocks exist when rolling out an application to every available region. I’ve recently stumbled upon one of them when working on bucketAV. Currently, EC2 provides 761 instance types grouped into 116 instance families. But not all of these instance families are available in every region. /images/2023/11/ec2-instance-types-worldwide-title.jpg Here are some interesting facts. 4 Things you should know about the availability of instance types Only one region offers all instance types: us-east-1. Only 12 instance families are available in all regions: c5, c5d, i3, i3en, m5, m5d, m6g, r5, r5d, r6g, t3, t4g. New instance types are rolling out slowly. For example, m7i is available only in 21% of all regions. New regions support only a small subset of all available instance types. For example, ap-southeast-4 provides only 13% of all instance families. Want to look into the details? The following tables are for you. Instance Type Coverage by RegionThe following table summarizes which regions support the most instance families. Region Coverage us-east-1 100% us-west-2 98% eu-west-1 92% us-east-2 84% ap-northeast-1 79% eu-central-1 75% ap-southeast-1 73% ap-southeast-2 68% ap-northeast-2 51% ap-south-1 51% ca-central-1 49% eu-west-2 48% sa-east-1 48% us-west-1 47% eu-north-1 37% eu-west-3 36% eu-south-1 32% ap-northeast-3 28% af-south-1 25% ap-east-1 22% ap-south-2 22% il-central-1 22% me-south-1 22% ap-southeast-3 20% eu-central-2 20% eu-south-2 20% me-central-1 17% ap-southeast-4 13% Available Instance Types in North AmericaHere is a detailed list of all instance families and their availability in North America. Instance Type us-east-1 us-east-2 us-west-1 us-west-2 a1 c1 c3 c4 c5 c5a c5ad c5d c5n c6a c6g c6gd c6gn c6i c6id c6in c7a c7g c7gd c7gn c7i d2 d3 d3en dl1 f1 g3 g3s g4ad g4dn g5 g5g h1 hpc7g i2 i3 i3en i4g i4i im4gn inf1 inf2 is4gen m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m5a m5ad m5d m5dn m5n m5zn m6a m6g m6gd m6i m6id m6idn m6in m7a m7g m7gd m7i m7i-flex mac1 mac2 mac2-m2 p2 p3 p3dn p4d p5 r3 r4 r5 r5a r5ad r5b r5d r5dn r5n r6a r6g r6gd r6i r6id r6idn r6in r7a r7g r7gd r7i r7iz t1 t2 t3 t3a t4g trn1 trn1n u-12tb1 u-18tb1 u-24tb1 u-3tb1 u-6tb1 u-9tb1 vt1 x1 x1e x2gd x2idn x2iedn x2iezn z1d Available Instance Types in South AmericaHere is a detailed list of all instance families and their availability in South America. Instance Type sa-east-1 a1 c1 c3 c4 c5 c5a c5ad c5d c5n c6a c6g c6gd c6gn c6i c6id c6in c7a c7g c7gd c7gn c7i d2 d3 d3en dl1 f1 g3 g3s g4ad g4dn g5 g5g h1 hpc7g i2 i3 i3en i4g i4i im4gn inf1 inf2 is4gen m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m5a m5ad m5d m5dn m5n m5zn m6a m6g m6gd m6i m6id m6idn m6in m7a m7g m7gd m7i m7i-flex mac1 mac2 mac2-m2 p2 p3 p3dn p4d p5 r3 r4 r5 r5a r5ad r5b r5d r5dn r5n r6a r6g r6gd r6i r6id r6idn r6in r7a r7g r7gd r7i r7iz t1 t2 t3 t3a t4g trn1 trn1n u-12tb1 u-18tb1 u-24tb1 u-3tb1 u-6tb1 u-9tb1 vt1 x1 x1e x2gd x2idn x2iedn x2iezn z1d Available Instance Types in EuropeHere is a detailed list of all instance families and their availability in Europe. Instance Type eu-central-1 eu-central-2 eu-north-1 eu-south-1 eu-south-2 eu-west-1 eu-west-2 eu-west-3 a1 c1 c3 c4 c5 c5a c5ad c5d c5n c6a c6g c6gd c6gn c6i c6id c6in c7a c7g c7gd c7gn c7i d2 d3 d3en dl1 f1 g3 g3s g4ad g4dn g5 g5g h1 hpc7g i2 i3 i3en i4g i4i im4gn inf1 inf2 is4gen m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m5a m5ad m5d m5dn m5n m5zn m6a m6g m6gd m6i m6id m6idn m6in m7a m7g m7gd m7i m7i-flex mac1 mac2 mac2-m2 p2 p3 p3dn p4d p5 r3 r4 r5 r5a r5ad r5b r5d r5dn r5n r6a r6g r6gd r6i r6id r6idn r6in r7a r7g r7gd r7i r7iz t1 t2 t3 t3a t4g trn1 trn1n u-12tb1 u-18tb1 u-24tb1 u-3tb1 u-6tb1 u-9tb1 vt1 x1 x1e x2gd x2idn x2iedn x2iezn z1d Available Instance Types in the Middle EastHere is a detailed list of all instance families and their availability in the Middle East. Instance Type me-central-1 me-south-1 a1 c1 c3 c4 c5 c5a c5ad c5d c5n c6a c6g c6gd c6gn c6i c6id c6in c7a c7g c7gd c7gn c7i d2 d3 d3en dl1 f1 g3 g3s g4ad g4dn g5 g5g h1 hpc7g i2 i3 i3en i4g i4i im4gn inf1 inf2 is4gen m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m5a m5ad m5d m5dn m5n m5zn m6a m6g m6gd m6i m6id m6idn m6in m7a m7g m7gd m7i m7i-flex mac1 mac2 mac2-m2 p2 p3 p3dn p4d p5 r3 r4 r5 r5a r5ad r5b r5d r5dn r5n r6a r6g r6gd r6i r6id r6idn r6in r7a r7g r7gd r7i r7iz t1 t2 t3 t3a t4g trn1 trn1n u-12tb1 u-18tb1 u-24tb1 u-3tb1 u-6tb1 u-9tb1 vt1 x1 x1e x2gd x2idn x2iedn x2iezn z1d Available Instance Types in AfricaHere is a detailed list of all instance families and their availability in Africa. Instance Type af-south-1 a1 c1 c3 c4 c5 c5a c5ad c5d c5n c6a c6g c6gd c6gn c6i c6id c6in c7a c7g c7gd c7gn c7i d2 d3 d3en dl1 f1 g3 g3s g4ad g4dn g5 g5g h1 hpc7g i2 i3 i3en i4g i4i im4gn inf1 inf2 is4gen m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m5a m5ad m5d m5dn m5n m5zn m6a m6g m6gd m6i m6id m6idn m6in m7a m7g m7gd m7i m7i-flex mac1 mac2 mac2-m2 p2 p3 p3dn p4d p5 r3 r4 r5 r5a r5ad r5b r5d r5dn r5n r6a r6g r6gd r6i r6id r6idn r6in r7a r7g r7gd r7i r7iz t1 t2 t3 t3a t4g trn1 trn1n u-12tb1 u-18tb1 u-24tb1 u-3tb1 u-6tb1 u-9tb1 vt1 x1 x1e x2gd x2idn x2iedn x2iezn z1d Available Instance Types in Asia PacificHere is a detailed list of all instance families and their availability in Asia Pacific. Instance Type ap-east-1 ap-northeast-1 ap-northeast-2 ap-northeast-3 ap-south-1 ap-south-2 ap-southeast-1 ap-southeast-2 ap-southeast-3 ap-southeast-4 a1 c1 c3 c4 c5 c5a c5ad c5d c5n c6a c6g c6gd c6gn c6i c6id c6in c7a c7g c7gd c7gn c7i d2 d3 d3en dl1 f1 g3 g3s g4ad g4dn g5 g5g h1 hpc7g i2 i3 i3en i4g i4i im4gn inf1 inf2 is4gen m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m5a m5ad m5d m5dn m5n m5zn m6a m6g m6gd m6i m6id m6idn m6in m7a m7g m7gd m7i m7i-flex mac1 mac2 mac2-m2 p2 p3 p3dn p4d p5 r3 r4 r5 r5a r5ad r5b r5d r5dn r5n r6a r6g r6gd r6i r6id r6idn r6in r7a r7g r7gd r7i r7iz t1 t2 t3 t3a t4g trn1 trn1n u-12tb1 u-18tb1 u-24tb1 u-3tb1 u-6tb1 u-9tb1 vt1 x1 x1e x2gd x2idn x2iedn x2iezn z1d Available Instance Types in IsraelHere is a detailed list of all instance families and their availability in Israel. Instance Type il-central-1 a1 c1 c3 c4 c5 c5a c5ad c5d c5n c6a c6g c6gd c6gn c6i c6id c6in c7a c7g c7gd c7gn c7i d2 d3 d3en dl1 f1 g3 g3s g4ad g4dn g5 g5g h1 hpc7g i2 i3 i3en i4g i4i im4gn inf1 inf2 is4gen m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m5a m5ad m5d m5dn m5n m5zn m6a m6g m6gd m6i m6id m6idn m6in m7a m7g m7gd m7i m7i-flex mac1 mac2 mac2-m2 p2 p3 p3dn p4d p5 r3 r4 r5 r5a r5ad r5b r5d r5dn r5n r6a r6g r6gd r6i r6id r6idn r6in r7a r7g r7gd r7i r7iz t1 t2 t3 t3a t4g trn1 trn1n u-12tb1 u-18tb1 u-24tb1 u-3tb1 u-6tb1 u-9tb1 vt1 x1 x1e x2gd x2idn x2iedn x2iezn z1d Region Coverage by Instance TypeThe following high-score list shows which instance families are available in most regions. Family Coverage c5 100% c5d 100% i3 100% i3en 100% m5 100% m5d 100% m6g 100% r5 100% r5d 100% r6g 100% t3 100% t4g 100% c6g 96% i4i 96% m6i 93% m6gd 89% r6i 89% x2idn 86% c6i 82% c5n 79% c6gn 75% c6in 75% g4dn 75% x2iedn 75% c5a 71% d2 71% c6gd 68% inf1 68% r5n 68% r6gd 64% t3a 61% x1 61% g5 57% m5a 57% r4 57% r5a 57% t2 57% u-6tb1 57% c4 54% m4 54% m5ad 54% m6a 54% r5ad 54% m7g 50% r5b 50% r7g 50% x1e 50% c6a 46% c7g 46% d3 46% r5dn 46% g3 43% is4gen 43% mac1 43% r3 43% r6id 43% z1d 43% c5ad 39% i2 39% im4gn 39% m5zn 39% p3 39% u-12tb1 39% u-3tb1 39% p2 36% a1 32% c3 32% c6id 32% g3s 32% m3 32% m6id 32% m6idn 32% m6in 32% c1 29% c7gd 29% g4ad 29% m1 29% m2 29% r6a 29% t1 29% u-9tb1 29% g5g 25% m5dn 25% m5n 25% m7gd 25% p4d 25% r6idn 25% r6in 25% r7gd 25% c7i 21% d3en 21% f1 21% m7i 21% m7i-flex 21% r7i 21% i4g 18% mac2 18% c7a 14% c7gn 14% h1 14% m7a 14% p3dn 14% r7a 14% vt1 14% x2gd 14% x2iezn 14% hpc7g 11% inf2 11% p5 11% trn1 11% trn1n 11% u-18tb1 11% u-24tb1 11% dl1 7% mac2-m2 7% r7iz 7% SummaryConsider which instance types are available when choosing a region to deploy your workload. If you plan to roll out a workload to many regions in parallel, keep in mind that not all instance types are available in all regions.View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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