Supported instance types in Amazon OpenSearch Service
Amazon OpenSearch Service supports the following instance types. Not all Regions support all instance
types. For availability details, see Amazon OpenSearch Service
pricing
For information about which instance type is appropriate for your use case, see Sizing Amazon OpenSearch Service domains, EBS volume size quotas, and Network quotas.
Latest generation instance types
Instance type | Restrictions |
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C5 |
The C5 instance types require Elasticsearch 5.1 or later or any version of OpenSearch. |
C6g |
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I3 |
The I3 instance types require Elasticsearch 5.1 or later or any version of OpenSearch, and do not support EBS storage volumes. |
M5 |
The M5 instance types require Elasticsearch 5.1 or later or any version of OpenSearch. |
M6g |
|
R5 |
The R5 instance types require Elasticsearch 5.1 or later or any version of OpenSearch. |
R6g |
|
R6gd |
|
T3 |
|
Previous generation instance types
The following instance types are from a previous generation. We recommend using the instance types in the table above, which offer better performance at a lower cost.
Instance type | Restrictions |
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C4 |
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I2 |
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M3 |
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M4 |
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R3 |
The R3 instance types do not support encryption of data at rest or fine-grained access control. |
R4 |
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T2 |
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We often recommend different instance types for dedicated master nodes and data nodes.