Elasticsearch Service AWS default provider instance configurations

Following are the preferred instance types / machine configurations, storage types, disk to memory ratios, and virtual CPU to RAM ratios for all instance configurations available on Elasticsearch Service and provided by AWS.

Instance configuration	Preferred Instance Type or Machine Configuration¹	Storage Type¹	Disk:Memory Ratio²	vCPU/RAM Ratio
aws.es.datahot.i3	i3	NVMe	30:1	0.138
aws.es.datahot.i3en	i3en	NVMe	80:1	0.133
aws.es.datahot.m5d	m5d	NVMe	10:1	0.267
aws.es.datahot.m6gd	m6gd	NVMe	15:1	0.267
aws.es.datahot.c5d	c5d	NVMe	12:1	0.529
aws.es.datahot.c6gd	c6gd	NVMe	30:1	0.533
aws.es.datahot.r6gd	r6gd	NVMe	6:1	0.133
aws.es.datawarm.d2	d2	HDD	160:1	0.138
aws.es.datawarm.d3	d3	HDD	190:1	0.133
aws.es.datawarm.i3en	i3en	NVMe	80:1	0.133
aws.es.datacold.d2	d2	HDD	160:1	0.138
aws.es.datacold.d3	d3	HDD	190:1	0.133
aws.es.datacold.i3en	i3en	NVMe	80:1	0.133
aws.es.datafrozen.i3en	i3en	NVMe	75:1	0.133

Additional instances

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Following are the preferred instance type / configuration and virtual CPU to RAM ratios for additional instance configurations available on Elasticsearch Service and provided by AWS.

Instance configuration	Preferred Instance Type or Machine Configuration¹	vCPU/RAM Ratio
aws.es.master.c5d	c5d	0.529
aws.es.master.c6gd	c6gd	0.533
aws.es.ml.c5d	c5d	0.529
aws.es.ml.m5d	m5d	0.267
aws.es.ml.m6gd	m6gd	0.267
aws.es.coordinating.m5d	m5d	0.267
aws.es.coordinating.m6gd	m6gd	0.267
aws.kibana.c5d	c5d	0.529
aws.kibana.c6gd	c6gd	0.533
aws.apm.c5d	c5d	0.529
aws.integrationsserver.c5d	c5d	0.529
aws.enterprisesearch.c5d	c5d	0.529

¹ Preferred instance and storage types are subject to provider availability. To learn more about our provider instances, check the AWS reference page.

² Ratios are estimations.

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