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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 Family	Instance Type	Instance Size	vCPU	Memory (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 Purpose	m5	large	2	8	Up to 10	3	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100
		xlarge	4	16	Up to 10	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	32	Up to 10	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	64	Up to 10	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		12xlarge	48	192	10	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
General Purpose	m5n	large	2	8	Up to 25	3	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100
		xlarge	4	16	Up to 25	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	32	Up to 25	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	64	Up to 25	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
General Purpose	m6a	large	2	8	Up to 12.5	3	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100
		xlarge	4	16	Up to 12.5	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	32	Up to 12.5	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	64	Up to 12.5	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		8xlarge	32	128	12.5	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		12xlarge	48	192	18.75	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		16xlarge	64	256	25	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
General Purpose	m6i	large	2	8	Up to 12.5	3	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100
		xlarge	4	16	Up to 12.5	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	32	Up to 12.5	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	64	Up to 12.5	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		8xlarge	32	128	12.5	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		12xlarge	48	192	18.75	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		16xlarge	64	256	25	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
General Purpose	m6in	large	2	8	Up to 25	3	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100
		xlarge	4	16	Up to 30	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	32	Up to 40	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	64	Up to 50	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		8xlarge	32	128	50	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		12xlarge	48	192	75	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		16xlarge	64	256	100	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100

Instance Family	Instance Type	Instance Size	vCPU	Memory (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 Optimized	c5	large	2	4	Up to 10	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		xlarge	4	8	Up to 10	4	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100
		2xlarge	8	16	Up to 10	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	32	Up to 10	8	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		9xlarge	36	72	10	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		18xlarge	72	144	25	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
Compute Optimized	c5d	large	2	4	Up to 10	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		xlarge	4	8	Up to 10	4	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100	VM-100
		2xlarge	8	16	Up to 10	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	32	Up to 10	8	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		9xlarge	36	72	10	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		12xlarge	48	96	12	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		18xlarge	72	144	25	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		24xlarge	96	192	25	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
Compute Optimized	c5n	large	2	5.25	Up to 25	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		xlarge	4	10.5	Up to 25	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	21	Up to 25	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	42	Up to 25	8	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		9xlarge	36	96	50	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		18xlarge	72	192	100	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
Compute Optimized	c6a	large	2	4	Up to 12.5	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		xlarge	4	8	Up to 12.5	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	16	Up to 12.5	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	32	Up to 12.5	8	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		8xlarge	32	64	12.5	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		12xlarge	48	192	18.75	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		16xlarge	64	128	25	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
Compute Optimized	c6i	large	2	4	Up to 12.5	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		xlarge	4	8	Up to 12.5	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	16	Up to 12.5	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	32	Up to 12.5	8	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		8xlarge	32	64	12.5	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		12xlarge	48	192	18.75	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		16xlarge	64	128	25	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
Compute Optimized	c6in	xlarge	4	8	Up to 30	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300	VM-300, VM-100
		2xlarge	8	16	Up to 40	4	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		4xlarge	16	32	Up to 50	8	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500	VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		8xlarge	32	64	50	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		12xlarge	48	192	75	8	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
		16xlarge	64	128	100	15	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100

Instance Family	Instance Type	Instance Size	vCPU	Memory (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 Optimized	r5	2xlarge	8	64	Up to 10	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-700, VM-500, VM-300, VM-100
Memory Optimized	r5 Wavelength	2xlarge	8	64	Up to 10	4	VM-300	VM-300	VM-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 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.

VM-Series on AWS ARM instances

VM-Series firewall now supports ARM based instances on AWS Graviton 3 and AWS Graviton 2 (ARM compute) instances for public clouds. ARM architecture support is currently available on AWS BYOL on the following types of instances:

AWS Graviton 3 instances

Instance Family	Instance Type	Instance Size	vCPU	Memory (GB)	Network Bandwidth (Gbps)	Maximum Network Interfaces
General Purpose	m7g	large	2	8	Up to 12.5	3
		xlarge	4	16	Up to 12.5	4
		2xlarge	8	32	Up to 15	4
		4xlarge	16	64	Up to 15	3
		8xlarge	36	128	15	8
		12xlarge	48	192	22.5	8
		16xlarge	64	256	30	15
Compute Optimized	c7gn	8xlarge	32	64	50GB	8
		12xlarge	48	96	75GB	8
		16xlarge	64	128	100GB	15
Memory Optimized	r7g	xlarge	4	32	Up to 10	4
		2xlarge	8	64	Up to 10	4
		4xlarge	16	128	Up to 10	8
		8xlarge	32	256	12	8
		12xlarge	48	384	20	8
		16xlarge	64	512	25	15

AWS Graviton 2 instances

Instance Family	Instance Type	Instance Size	vCPU	Memory (GB)	Network Bandwidth (Gbps)	Maximum Network Interfaces
General Purpose	m6g	large	2	3.75	Moderate	3
		xlarge	4	7.5	High	4
		2xlarge	8	15	High	4
		4xlarge	16	30	High	3
		8xlarge	36	60	10 GB	8
		12xlarge	48	192	20GB	8
		16xlarge	64	256	25GB	15
Compute Optimized	c6gn	8xlarge	32	64	50GB	8
		12xlarge	48	96	75GB	8
		16xlarge	64	128	100GB	15
Memory Optimized	r6g	xlarge	4	32	Up to 10	4
		2xlarge	8	64	Up to 10	4
		4xlarge	16	128	Up to 10	8
		8xlarge	32	256	12	8
		12xlarge	48	384	20	8
		16xlarge	64	512	25	15

VM-Series on AWS Capability Matrix

VM-Series on Microsoft Azure Performance and Capacity

VM-Series Performance & Capacity on Public Clouds

VM-Series Models on AWS EC2 Instances

VM-Series Models on AWS EC2 Instances

VM-Series on AWS ARM instances

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