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M5 – The Next Generation of General-Purpose EC2 Instances
- scrollaway 9y agoHey AWS, when you release new generations of instances, please make RIs for the generation it's replacing upgradable to the new type. I understand customer service upgrades the RI as needed, but I don't get why the upgrade path is just not straight up there, especially if you want to retire the older instances sooner. I literally purchased an m4.large RI three days ago.
- QuinnyPig 9y agoFor those in similar situations, reach out to your account manager or support; it’s likely they’ll help you out. That said, OP is correct. It’s abjectly ridiculous that you have to do this.
- ThrowawayR2 9y agoAmazon unwisely failed to consult with William Shatner first; as he would've attested, M5s are not safe for use in Enterprise computing environments. (cf. ST:TOS "The Ultimate Computer")