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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in Amazon Web Services China - Getting Started with Amazon Web Services China
Region availabilityHow Auto Scaling differsDocumentation
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in Amazon Web Services China

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling allows you to scale your Amazon EC2 capacity up or down automatically according to conditions you define. With Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, you can ensure that the number of Amazon EC2 instances you’re using increases seamlessly to maintain performance during demand spikes, and decreases automatically to minimize costs during demand lulls. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is particularly well suited for applications that experience hourly, daily, or weekly variability in usage. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is enabled by Amazon CloudWatch and available at no additional charge beyond CloudWatch fees.

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Region availability

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is available in the following regions in China:

  • China (Beijing) Region

  • China (Ningxia) Region

How Auto Scaling differs

The following differences apply to Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling:

  • Amazon EC2 provides certain restrictions. For more information, see Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

  • Hibernated is not available as a pool state when creating or updating a warm pool.

  • Specifying the NetworkBandwidthGbps attribute for an Auto Scaling group that uses attribute-based instance type selection is not available in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions.

  • Specifying the AllowedInstanceTypes attribute for an Auto Scaling group that uses attribute-based instance type selection is not available in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions.

  • Predictive scaling recommendations feature is not currently available in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions.

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