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.
Current generation instance types
For the best performance, we recommend that you use the following instance types when you create new OpenSearch Service domains.
Instance type | Instances | Restrictions |
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i4i | i4i.large i4i.xlarge i4i.2xlarge i4i.4xlarge i4i.8xlarge i4i.12xlarge i4i.16xlarge i4i.24xlarge i4i.32xlarge |
The i4i instance types require Elasticsearch 5.1 or later or any version of OpenSearch, and do not support EBS volume storage. |
i4g | i4g.large i4g.xlarge i4g.2xlarge i4g.4xlarge i4g.8xlarge i4g.16xlarge |
The i4g instance types require Elasticsearch 7.9 or later or any version of OpenSearch, and do not support EBS storage volumes. |
Graviton3 | C7g.large C7g.xlarge C7g.2xlarge C7g.4xlarge C7g.8xlarge C7g.12xlarge C7g.16xlarge M7g.large M7g.xlarge M7g.2xlarge M7g.4xlarge M7g.8xlarge M7g.12xlarge M7g.16xlarge R7g.medium R7g.large R7g.xlarge R7g.2xlarge R7g.4xlarge R7g.8xlarge R7g.12xlarge R7g.16xlarge R7gd.large R7gd.xlarge R7gd.2xlarge R7gd.4xlarge R7gd.8xlarge R7gd.12xlarge R7gd.16xlarge |
Graviton3 only supports GP3. |
OR1 |
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Im4gn |
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C5 |
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The C5 instance types require Elasticsearch 5.1 or later or any version of OpenSearch. |
C6g |
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I3 |
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M5 |
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The M5 instance types require Elasticsearch 5.1 or later or any version of OpenSearch. |
M6g |
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R5 |
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The R5 instance types require Elasticsearch 5.1 or later or any version of OpenSearch. |
R6g |
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R6gd |
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T3 |
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Previous generation instance types
OpenSearch Service offers previous generation instance types for users who have optimized their applications around them and have yet to upgrade. We encourage you to use current generation instance types to get the best performance, but we continue to support the following previous generation instance types.
Instance type | Instances | 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 |
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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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Tip
We often recommend different instance types for dedicated master nodes and data nodes.