Worker Instances

If you want initial full backups to be processed quickly, it is recommended to use a larger worker instance profile, and then change it to a smaller profile for incremental backup. You can change worker instance profile settings on a regional basis, so make sure that the worker instance size is appropriate to process the largest workload within the required time.

Each worker instance is deployed as an amzn-linux-v2 image, and the binaries are downloaded from the connected S3 bucket. Instance types of worker instances sizes depend on the total EBS volume size.

Profile

Instance Type

Case

Small

c5.large

Processing EBS volumes under 1024 GB (default)

Medium

c5.2xlarge 

Processing EBS volumes between 1024 GB and 16 TB (default)

Large

c5.4xlarge 

Processing EBS volumes over 16 TB (default)

Archiving

c5.2xlarge 

Processing EBS volumes under 6 TB

c5.4xlarge

Processing EBS volumes over 6 TB

For details on AWS pricing, see AWS Documentation.

 

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