Amazon EC2 M9g Instances

Post by StratusBen » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 3:58 PM UTC

infberg wrote: post #75

StratusBen wrote: post #40

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https://instances.vantage.sh/ recently added alerts for any pricing changes on EC2, including newly launching new instances. The site rebuilds every 4 hours so it usually breaks the pricing news first. I have it on for myself and its super helpful just to see when AWS changes things. [Disclaimer, I'm CEO of Vantage - the company that maintains the site]

Hey, big fan of the vantage instance finder. Would it be possible to add instance type labels similar to what AWS calls them on their website - "storage-optimized", "general-purpose" etc.? I find this often useful to quickly compare similar instance types, e.g.: m7g vs. m8g vs. m9g.

Post by itomato » Fri, Dec 12, 2025, 2:00 AM UTC

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Why is that needed, and how would you know if it’s out of spec?

How: You've ran the test on a bunch of hosts and create a spec from ranges. Why: you might be concerned with network connectivity (you don't get to choose which data center you launch in and it might not be exactly equal), noisy neighbors on shared hosts, etc. if you're measuring for networking, you probably are spinning ups separate accounts/using a bank of accounts and something in every az until you find what you'…