From a02534f7598818df4ddf44a69629477cb6e2bcab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Kernfeld Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:53:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update Cloud Computing Guide.md Describe some EC2 instance types. --- cloud_compute/Cloud Computing Guide.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/cloud_compute/Cloud Computing Guide.md b/cloud_compute/Cloud Computing Guide.md index 51ef2c3..e9da803 100644 --- a/cloud_compute/Cloud Computing Guide.md +++ b/cloud_compute/Cloud Computing Guide.md @@ -280,4 +280,9 @@ TODO TODO ### Recommended instance types -TODO: table of recommended instance types with use case and prices + +Prices are from 2023 Oct 17, in USD. + +- `t2.micro`: 0.011 per hour. Great for first-timers and for testing light loads such as installing an R package. +- `t2.xlarge`: 0.1856 per hour. This has 4 cores and 16GB of RAM; good for moderate loads or regular non-trivial use. +- `m5a.8xlarge`: 1.37 per hour. This is expensive, about 33 dollars a day, but it is optimized for RAM: 128GB. This is good for **occasional** very RAM-heavy analyses; if you need this kind of resource frequently, bring it up with Alexis.