The new C3.Large is cheaper than M1.Large (and only marginally more expensive th...

e1g on Dec 13, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: AWS Management Console - Auto Scaling Support

The new C3.Large is cheaper than M1.Large (and only marginally more expensive than the old M1.Medium), but its CPU performance is roughly twice as good. Swapping over made a notable difference for our web nodes (perhaps 30-40% reduction in server time for the web-facing tier).

C3's instance-level SSD drives are a very nice touch as well.

ceejayoz on Dec 13, 2013 [–]

It should be noted, though, that the c3.large has half the RAM of the m1.large.