Find Amazon EBS-optimized Amazon EC2 instance types
You can use the Amazon CLI to view the instances types in the current Region that support EBS optimization.
To find instance types that are Amazon EBS-optimized by default
Use the following describe-instance-types command. If running this command at a Windows Command Prompt, replace the \ line continuation characters with the ^ character.
aws ec2 describe-instance-types \ --query 'InstanceTypes[].{InstanceType:InstanceType,"MaxBandwidth(Mb/s)":EbsInfo.EbsOptimizedInfo.MaximumBandwidthInMbps,MaxIOPS:EbsInfo.EbsOptimizedInfo.MaximumIops,"MaxThroughput(MB/s)":EbsInfo.EbsOptimizedInfo.MaximumThroughputInMBps}' \ --filters Name=ebs-info.ebs-optimized-support,Values=default --output=table
Example output for eu-west-1:
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| DescribeInstanceTypes |
+-------------------+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------+
| InstanceType | MaxBandwidth(Mb/s) | MaxIOPS | MaxThroughput(MB/s) |
+-------------------+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------+
| m5dn.8xlarge | 6800 | 30000 | 850.0 |
| m6gd.xlarge | 4750 | 20000 | 593.75 |
| c4.4xlarge | 2000 | 16000 | 250.0 |
| r4.16xlarge | 14000 | 75000 | 1750.0 |
| m5ad.large | 2880 | 16000 | 360.0 |
...To find instance types that optionally support Amazon EBS optimization
Use the following describe-instance-types command.
aws ec2 describe-instance-types \ --query 'InstanceTypes[].{InstanceType:InstanceType,"MaxBandwidth(Mb/s)":EbsInfo.EbsOptimizedInfo.MaximumBandwidthInMbps,MaxIOPS:EbsInfo.EbsOptimizedInfo.MaximumIops,"MaxThroughput(MB/s)":EbsInfo.EbsOptimizedInfo.MaximumThroughputInMBps}' \ --filters Name=ebs-info.ebs-optimized-support,Values=supported --output=table
Example output for eu-west-1:
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| DescribeInstanceTypes |
+--------------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------+
| InstanceType | MaxBandwidth(Mb/s) | MaxIOPS | MaxThroughput(MB/s) |
+--------------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------+
| i2.2xlarge | 1000 | 8000 | 125.0 |
| m2.4xlarge | 1000 | 8000 | 125.0 |
| m2.2xlarge | 500 | 4000 | 62.5 |
| c1.xlarge | 1000 | 8000 | 125.0 |
| i2.xlarge | 500 | 4000 | 62.5 |
| m3.xlarge | 500 | 4000 | 62.5 |
| m1.xlarge | 1000 | 8000 | 125.0 |
| r3.4xlarge | 2000 | 16000 | 250.0 |
| r3.2xlarge | 1000 | 8000 | 125.0 |
| c3.xlarge | 500 | 4000 | 62.5 |
| m3.2xlarge | 1000 | 8000 | 125.0 |
| r3.xlarge | 500 | 4000 | 62.5 |
| i2.4xlarge | 2000 | 16000 | 250.0 |
| c3.4xlarge | 2000 | 16000 | 250.0 |
| c3.2xlarge | 1000 | 8000 | 125.0 |
| m1.large | 500 | 4000 | 62.5 |
+--------------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------+