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There are a lot of good ideas in this thread, but recently I've found I can't use ec2instances.info anymore because there's no description of the instance class

by gazby 6y ago

There are a lot of good ideas in this thread, but recently I've found I can't use ec2instances.info anymore because there's no description of the instance classes (and I can't keep them all in my head anymore. c5 is obvious, but what are c5n, c5a, c5d, and c5ad? Might be troublesome in a column, but maybe a popover on the name column or something could work.

StratusBen 6y ago
Hey, this is good feedback and likely a quick fix. If you email me (ben@vantage.sh) I can let you know when we have this support added.
- gazby 6y ago
  That's super cool Ben, thanks! Email incoming!
endgame 6y ago
There is a method to the madness: -d is disk (instance store) -a is amd -ad is both -n is enhanced networking (ENA, or EFA on the biggest instances)
- gazby 6y ago
  Hey thanks that is simpler than expected! Still, apart from the obvious ones (m, c, t) there's also the myriad top-level classes that I'd have no idea about - like what is r, i, d, x, p, g etc. My brain is too puny for all that!
  - rdhatt 6y ago
    These are my mnemonics, pretty sure I'm not too far off though: r = RAM. Instances are biased toward having more memory. i = I/O. ... have fast SSDs. d = DISK. ... lots of disk space. x = XL. ... lots of RAM g = GPU. ... have GPU hardware ...and of course now I realize this is already answered on SO. I'm keeping mine though. https://stackoverflow.com/a/56880093 https://stackoverflow.com/a/56880093
    - gazby 6y ago
      This is definitely helpful, though I think the SO question showcases fairly well why someone would want the summary on the web page: Several are ambiguous and if you're not regularly exploring new instance types you're going to forget this or fall behind in your awareness of new types.
powersj 6y ago
I am glad to know I am not the only one who cannot remember what the families and letters mean! There appears to be no slow down in sight either. I created https://cloudhw.info/ https://cloudhw.info/ out of a desire to track these values.
- gazby 6y ago
  This isn't bad at all, thanks for the link! Still, with 11 general-purpose types for AWS alone I'm still lacking the context I need to determine which I delve into and what to disregard.

by gazby 6y ago

StratusBen 6y ago

Hey, this is good feedback and likely a quick fix. If you email me (ben@vantage.sh) I can let you know when we have this support added.

gazby 6y ago
That's super cool Ben, thanks! Email incoming!

endgame 6y ago

There is a method to the madness: -d is disk (instance store) -a is amd -ad is both -n is enhanced networking (ENA, or EFA on the biggest instances)

gazby 6y ago
Hey thanks that is simpler than expected! Still, apart from the obvious ones (m, c, t) there's also the myriad top-level classes that I'd have no idea about - like what is r, i, d, x, p, g etc. My brain is too puny for all that!
- rdhatt 6y ago
  These are my mnemonics, pretty sure I'm not too far off though: r = RAM. Instances are biased toward having more memory. i = I/O. ... have fast SSDs. d = DISK. ... lots of disk space. x = XL. ... lots of RAM g = GPU. ... have GPU hardware ...and of course now I realize this is already answered on SO. I'm keeping mine though. https://stackoverflow.com/a/56880093 https://stackoverflow.com/a/56880093
  - gazby 6y ago
    This is definitely helpful, though I think the SO question showcases fairly well why someone would want the summary on the web page: Several are ambiguous and if you're not regularly exploring new instance types you're going to forget this or fall behind in your awareness of new types.

powersj 6y ago

I am glad to know I am not the only one who cannot remember what the families and letters mean! There appears to be no slow down in sight either. I created https://cloudhw.info/ https://cloudhw.info/ out of a desire to track these values.

gazby 6y ago
This isn't bad at all, thanks for the link! Still, with 11 general-purpose types for AWS alone I'm still lacking the context I need to determine which I delve into and what to disregard.