I'm playing with Amazon EC2, and I've got a 64bit AMI, but when I launch it, the 'Instance Type' only has 'Large', 'Extra Large' and 'High-CPU Extra Large', no 'Small' which the documentation lists as the default and the cheapest.
Is it cause I'm using 64bit? Can you run a small EC2 instance on 64bit AMI?
Today Amazon released the news that they support 64-bit for m1.small instances, as well as the new m1.medium instances.
Read all about it:
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/03/ec2-updates-new-instance-64-bit-bit-ubiquity-ssh-client.html
No, the small instances are 32-bit only while the large/extra large instances are 64-bit, so you need to use either the large, extra-large or high-CPU extra-large instances for a 64-bit system.
See the EC2 instance type list for more details on the different types.
Today Amazon released the news that they support 64-bit for m1.small instances, as well as the new m1.medium instances.
Read all about it:
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/03/ec2-updates-new-instance-64-bit-bit-ubiquity-ssh-client.html
Amazon as of today (8th March 2012) supports 64bit small and medium instances. It was first acknowledged by Amazon at https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=325209񏘿
Currently, you can't run a small instance as 64-bit. That could change; if you look at the instance types available for Amazon's just-announced RDS service, they're offering an instance type that's the equivalent of a small 64-bit node. I wouldn't be surprised to see it made generally available to EC2 in the future.
