Instance families that support instance type changes

This topic describes the instance types and instance families that support instance type changes. Before you change the instance type of an instance, verify whether the instance type can be changed and identify the compatible instance types. If the instance type can be changed, proceed.

Impacts of instance type changes

The impacts of instance type changes vary based on the network types of instances.

Instances of the classic network type:
- For retired instance types, when a non-I/O optimized instance is changed into an I/O optimized instance, instance information (including the private IP addresses, disk device names, and software authorization codes) is changed. On Linux instances, basic disks (cloud) are identified as xvd* such as xvda and xvdb, and ultra disks (cloud_efficiency) and standard SSDs (cloud_ssd) are identified as vd* such as vda and vdb.
- For instance types of an available instance family, the private IP addresses of instances are changed.
Instances of the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) type:
For retired instance types, when a non-I/O optimized instance is changed into an I/O optimized instance, instance information (including the disk device names and software authorization codes) is changed. On Linux instances, basic disks (cloud) are identified as xvd* such as xvda and xvdb, and ultra disks (cloud_efficiency) and standard SSDs (cloud_ssd) are identified as vd* such as vda and vdb.

Instance families that do not support instance type changes

The following instance families do not support instance type changes across different instance families or within the same instance family:

Persistent memory-optimized instance families: re6p and re6p-redis
Security-enhanced instance families: g7t, c7t, and r7t
Big data instance families: d2c, d2s, d1, and d1ne
Instance families with local SSDs: i1, i2, i2g, i2ne, i2gne, i3, and i3g
GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance families: vgn5i and gn5
FPGA-accelerated compute-optimized instance families: f1 and f3
ECS Bare Metal Instance families:
- ebmgn7i, ebmgn7, ebmgn6e, ebmgn6v, and ebmgn6i
- ebmg6, ebmg5s, ebmg5, ebmc6me, ebmc6, ebmc5s, ebmc4, ebmre6p, ebmr6, and ebmr5s
- ebmhfg6, ebmhfg5, ebmhfc6, and ebmhfr6
Super Computing Cluster (SCC) instance families: scchfg6, scchfc6, scchfr6, sccg5, scch5, sccgn6e, and sccgn6

The following tables describe the instance families that support instance type changes. The instance types of subscription and pay-as-you-go instances can be changed across or within these instance families. For more information about how to change instance types, see Overview of instance upgrade and downgrade.

Notice The compatible instance types and instance families that are available are affected by factors such as resource availability in zones. The compatible instance types and instance families available for use are displayed in the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) console. You can also go to the ECS Instance Types Available for Each Region page to query available instance types.

Table 1. Shared instance families
Original instance family	Compatible instance family
t6	t6 s6 g6, c6, r6, hfg6, hfc6, and hfr6
t5	t5 sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, g5, r5, c5, ic5, re4, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4
s6	s6 t6 g6, c6, r6, hfg6, hfc6, and hfr6
n4, mn4, xn4, and e4	n4, mn4, xn4, and e4 sn1, sn2, se1, n1, n2, e3, sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, g5, r5, c5, ic5, re4, and t5

Table 2. Enterprise-level instance families
Original instance family	Compatible instance family and type
g7, c7, and r7	g7, c7, and r7
g7ne	g7ne g7, c7, and r7 hfc7, hfg7, and hfr7
g6, c6, and r6	g6, c6, and r6 g7, c7, and r7 hfg7, hfc7, and hfr7 g6e, c6e, and r6e re6, hfg6, hfc6, and hfr6 t6 and s6 Note To upgrade an instance of the g6, c6, or r6 instance family to an enhanced sixth-generation instance family (g6e, c6e, or r6e) or a seventh-generation instance family (hfc7, hfg7, hfr7, g7, c7, or r7), submit a ticket. You cannot downgrade the instance type of the instance after the upgrade is complete. Instances of the enhanced sixth-generation instance families (g6e, c6e, and r6e) and the seventh-generation instance families (hfc7, hfg7, hfr7, g7, c7, and r7) support only enhanced SSDs (ESSDs). If an instance has disks of other categories attached, the disks are replaced by ESSDs when you upgrade the instance to a seventh-generation instance type. Data on the disks must be manually migrated to the ESSDs. For information about the pricing of ESSDs, see the Pricing tab on the Elastic Computer Service product page.
g6se	g6se
g6a, c6a, and r6a	g6a, c6a, and r6a
g6t and c6t	g6t and c6t
g6e, c6e, and r6e	g6e, c6e, and r6e ebmg6e, ebmc6e, and ebmr6e g7, c7, and r7 hfc7, hfg7, and hfr7 g7ne
ebmg6a, ebmc6a, and ebmr6a	ebmg6a, ebmc6a, and ebmr6a
ebmg6e, ebmc6e, and ebmr6e	ebmg6e, ebmc6e, and ebmr6e g6e, c6e, and r6e
g5, g5ne, r5, c5, and ic5	g5, g5ne, r5, c5, and ic5 sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, re4, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4 Note To upgrade an instance of a basic fifth-generation instance family (g5, c5, r5, or ic5) to an enhanced sixth-generation instance family (g6e, c6e, or r6e), submit a ticket. You cannot downgrade the instance type of the instance after the upgrade is complete. Instances of the enhanced sixth-generation instance families (g6e, c6e, and r6e) support only ESSDs. If an instance has disks of other categories attached, the disks are replaced by ESSDs when you upgrade the instance to a seventh-generation instance type. Data on the disks must be manually migrated to the ESSDs. For information about the pricing of ESSDs, see the Pricing tab on the Elastic Computer Service product page.
sn1ne, sn2ne, and se1ne	sn1ne, sn2ne, and se1ne c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, g5, g5ne, r5, c5, ic5, re4, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4
se1	se1 sn1, sn2, n1, n2, e3, sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, g5, r5, c5, ic5, re4, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4
re6	re6 g6, c6, r6, hfc6, hfg6, hfr6, and re4 Note You can change instance types among ecs.ebmre6-6t.52xlarge, ecs.re6.26xlarge, ecs.re4.40xlarge, and ecs.re4e.40xlarge.
re4	re4 re6, sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, g5, r5, c5, ic5, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, e4, and ecs.se1.14xlarge Note You can change instance types among ecs.ebmre6-6t.52xlarge, ecs.re6.26xlarge, ecs.re4.40xlarge, and ecs.re4e.40xlarge.
hfc7, hfg7, and hfr7	hfc7, hfg7, and hfr7 g7, c7, and r7 g7ne
hfc6, hfg6, and hfr6	hfc6, hfg6, and hfr6 hfc7, hfg7, and hfr7 g6, c6, r6, and re6 t6 and s6 Note To upgrade an instance of the hfc6, hfg6, or hfr6 instance family to a seventh-generation instance family (hfc7, hfg7, or hfr7), submit a ticket. You cannot downgrade the instance type of the instance after the upgrade is complete. Instances of the seventh-generation instance families (hfc7, hfg7, and hfr7) support only ESSDs. If an instance has disks of other categories attached, the disks are replaced by ESSDs when you upgrade the instance to a seventh-generation instance type. Data on the disks must be manually migrated to the ESSDs. For information about the pricing of ESSDs, see the Pricing tab on the Elastic Computer Service product page.
hfc5 and hfg5	hfc5 and hfg5 sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, g5, r5, c5, ic5, re4, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4
gn7i	gn7i
gn7	gn7
vgn6i	vgn6i
gn6i	gn6i
gn5i	gn5i
gn6e	gn6e
gn6v	gn6v
t1, s1, s2, s3, m1, m2, c1, and c2	t1, s1, s2, s3, m1, m2, c1, and c2 sn1, sn2, se1, n1, n2, e3, sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, g5, r5, c5, ic5, re4, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4
n1, n2, and e3	n1, n2, and e3 sn1, sn2, se1, sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, g5, r5, c5, ic5, re4, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4
sn1 and sn2	sn1 and sn2 se1, n1, n2, e3, sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, c4, cm4, ce4, hfc5, hfg5, g5, r5, c5, ic5, re4, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4
c4, ce4, and cm4	c4, ce4, and cm4 sn1ne, sn2ne, se1ne, hfc5, hfg5, g5, r5, c5, ic5, re4, t5, n4, mn4, xn4, and e4