Broker instance types - Amazon MQ
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Broker instance types

Important

You cannot downgrade a broker from an mq.m5. instance type to a mq.t3.micro instance type.

Important

You currently cannot create t2.micro, m4.large, or m5.* brokers in euc1-az2 availability zones.

Instance Type vCPU Memory (GiB) Network Performance Notes
mq.t3.micro 2 1 Low

Use the mq.t3.micro instance type for basic evaluation of Amazon MQ. This instance type (single-instance brokers only) qualifies for the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region Free Tier.

Note

This instance type does not qualify for the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region Free Tier in the China (Beijing) Region.

Important

The mq.t3.micro instance type does not support cluster deployment.
mq.m5.large 2 8 High

Use the mq.m5.large instance for regular development, testing, and production workloads.
mq.m5.xlarge 4 16 High

Use the mq.m5.xlarge, mq.m5.2xlarge, and mq.m5.4xlarge instance types for regular development, testing and production workloads that require high throughput.
mq.m5.2xlarge 8 32 High
mq.m5.4xlarge 16 64 High