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    VM-Series Models on AWS EC2 Instances

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    VM-Series Models on AWS EC2 Instances

    About AWS EC2 Instance Families vs. Instance Types vs. Instance Size
    The AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service provides scalable computing capacity to launch virtual machines (AWS EC2 instances). AWS categorizes EC2 as Instance families—General Purpose, Compute Optimized, Memory Optimized, Accelerate Networking, and Storage Optimized—to fit different use cases and application profiles. Each instance family consists of multiple instance types. These instance types offer different compute, memory, and storage capabilities. Each instance type is also available in different instance sizes—nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge, 4xlarge, 8xlarge, 10xlarge, 16xlarge, and 32xlarge— to address workload requirements.
    For optimized price to performance ratio, Palo Alto Networks recommends using AWS instance types m5 and above over m4, and c5 and above over c4 instances.
    Instance FamilyInstance TypeInstance SizevCPUMemory (GB)Network Bandwidth (Gbps)Maximum Network Interfaces
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 1*
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 2*
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 3*
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall (BYOL and ELA)**
    General Purposem5large28Up to 103VM-100VM-100VM-100VM-100
    xlarge416Up to 104VM-300VM-300VM-300VM-300, VM-100
    2xlarge832Up to 104VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    4xlarge1664Up to 108VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    12xlarge48192108VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    General Purposem5n large28Up to 253VM-100VM-100VM-100VM-100
    xlarge416Up to 254VM-300VM-300VM-300VM-300, VM-100
    2xlarge832Up to 254VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    4xlarge1664Up to 258VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    Instance FamilyInstance TypeInstance SizevCPUMemory (GB)Network Bandwidth (Gbps)Maximum Network Interfaces
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 1*
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 2*
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 3*
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall (BYOL and ELA)**
    Compute Optimizedc5large24Up to 103N/AN/AN/AN/A
    xlarge48Up to 104VM-100VM-100VM-100VM-100
    2xlarge816Up to 104VM-300VM-300VM-300VM-300, VM-100
    4xlarge1632Up to 108VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    9xlarge3672108VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    18xlarge721442515VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    Compute Optimizedc5dlarge24Up to 103N/AN/AN/AN/A
    xlarge48Up to 104VM-100VM-100VM-100VM-100
    2xlarge816Up to 104VM-300VM-300VM-300VM-300, VM-100
    4xlarge1632Up to 108VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    9xlarge3672108VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    12xlarge4896128VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    18xlarge721442515VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    24xlarge961922515VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    Compute Optimizedc5nlarge25.25Up to 253N/AN/AN/AN/A
    xlarge410.5Up to 254VM-300VM-300VM-300VM-300, VM-100
    2xlarge821Up to 254VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    4xlarge1642Up to 258VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    9xlarge3696508VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    18xlarge7219210015VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    Compute Optimizedc6i/c6idlarge24Up to 12.53N/AN/AN/AN/A
    xlarge48Up to 12.54VM-300VM-300VM-300VM-300, VM-100
    2xlarge816Up to 12.54VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    4xlarge1632Up to 12.58VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    8xlarge326412.58VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    12xlarge4819218.758VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    16xlarge641282515VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    Compute Optimizedc6inxlarge48Up to 304VM-300VM-300VM-300VM-300, VM-100
    2xlarge816Up to 404VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    4xlarge1632Up to 508VM-500VM-500VM-500VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    8xlarge3264508VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    12xlarge48192758VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    16xlarge6412810015VM-700VM-700VM-700VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    Instance FamilyInstance TypeInstance SizevCPUMemory (GB)Network Bandwidth (Gbps)Maximum Network Interfaces
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 1*
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall Bundle 2*
    VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall (BYOL and ELA)**
    Memory Optimizedr52xlarge864Up to 104VM-300VM-300VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
    Memory Optimizedr5 Wavelength2xlarge864Up to 104VM-300VM-300VM-300, VM-100
    *When you launch the VM-Series firewall corresponding to this AWS Marketplace listing, it automatically learns the compute resources for the AWS EC2 instance and applies the appropriate VM-Series model (VM-100, VM-300, VM-500, or VM-700).
    **You can also launch the VM-Series firewall model corresponding to this AWS Marketplace listing on an AWS instance size that provides more resources than the minimum requirements. However, the firewall does not take advantage of the additional memory or CPU cores. If you launch the firewall model on an instance size that does not meet the minimum requirements, the firewall will boot in maintenance mode.

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