It's probably a silly question, but I can't understand the difference between these 2 amazon linux 2 amis: <ul> <li>ami-7105540e amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-ebs </li> <li>ami-b70554c8 amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-gp2</li> </ul> Judging by this article, isn't <code>gp2</code> just another <code>ebs</code> instance type?

The took the AMI in two types of Volumes. amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-ebs - ami-7105540e. This has Magnetic Volume type for its root volume. ami-b70554c8 amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-gp2. This has SSD Volume type for its root volume. How can we identify this? <ul> <li>Go to EC2.</li> <li>Launch Instance</li> <li>Select the mentioned AMI</li> <li>Select any instance Type.</li> <li>Choose the VPC, subnet and etc.</li> <li>Next it'll show the Boot Disk size, there you can see its in SSD or Magnetic. </li> </ul> To learn about Volume tyes: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSVolumeTypes.html

The question isn't silly at all. In fact AWS's lack of documentation explaining the actual difference between the two is a bit surprising <h3>TLDR;</h3> If you're planning on switching to a faster SSD root volume at some point in the future but want to use Magnetic for now it would be better to use the <code>gp2</code> version of the AMI and then change the root volume to SSD sometime later <h3>Some more Explanation</h3> <ul> <li> <code>ami-b70554c8 amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-gp2</code> - The recommended root volume type is General Purpose SSD (gp2)</li> <li> <code>ami-7105540e amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-ebs</code> - The recommended root volume type is Magnetic</li> </ul> However this isn't set in stone so you can still interchange between them (I've used the <code>gp2</code> version with a Magnetic storage in the past without any issues) I couldn't find any official documentation as to the actual difference between the two AMI versions but the <code>gp2</code> version most likely has SSD related optimizations added already to the OS So if you envision switching to SSD at some point in future but want to start with a Magnetic volume it might be better to just use the <code>gp2</code> optimized AMI right from the start. It probably has some optimizations not relevant to Magnetic volumes but it might be more future proof in case you want to have a faster root volume later

Amazon EC2 ebs vs gp2 ami

2 Answers

The took the AMI in two types of Volumes.

amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-ebs - ami-7105540e. This has Magnetic Volume type for its root volume.

ami-b70554c8 amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-gp2. This has SSD Volume type for its root volume.

How can we identify this?

Go to EC2.
Launch Instance
Select the mentioned AMI
Select any instance Type.
Choose the VPC, subnet and etc.
Next it'll show the Boot Disk size, there you can see its in SSD or Magnetic.

To learn about Volume tyes: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSVolumeTypes.html

answered Sep 21 '22 05:09

TheDataGuy

The question isn't silly at all. In fact AWS's lack of documentation explaining the actual difference between the two is a bit surprising

TLDR;

If you're planning on switching to a faster SSD root volume at some point in the future but want to use Magnetic for now it would be better to use the gp2 version of the AMI and then change the root volume to SSD sometime later

Some more Explanation

ami-b70554c8 amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-gp2 - The recommended root volume type is General Purpose SSD (gp2)
ami-7105540e amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-ebs - The recommended root volume type is Magnetic

However this isn't set in stone so you can still interchange between them (I've used the gp2 version with a Magnetic storage in the past without any issues)

I couldn't find any official documentation as to the actual difference between the two AMI versions but the gp2 version most likely has SSD related optimizations added already to the OS

So if you envision switching to SSD at some point in future but want to start with a Magnetic volume it might be better to just use the gp2 optimized AMI right from the start. It probably has some optimizations not relevant to Magnetic volumes but it might be more future proof in case you want to have a faster root volume later

answered Sep 21 '22 05:09

FearlessHyena

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