--- title: Day 4/30: Bigger EC2 does not always mean better | daily.dev description: A short reminder that choosing the largest EC2 instance by default is wasteful. The advice is to start with realistic capacity, monitor CPU, memory, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/day-4-30-bigger-ec2-does-not-always-mean-better-gxhlrlgoi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Day 4/30: Bigger EC2 does not always mean better | daily.dev og:description: A short reminder that choosing the largest EC2 instance by default is wasteful. The advice is to start with realistic capacity, monitor CPU, memory, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/day-4-30-bigger-ec2-does-not-always-mean-better-gxhlrlgoi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gxHLrLGoi.png og:image:alt: Day 4/30: Bigger EC2 does not always mean better og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Day 4/30: Bigger EC2 does not always mean better **[Ezile Mdodana](https://daily.dev/sources/7vb9selrkhohgnzepmfvq)** · [@ezilemdodana](https://daily.dev/ezilemdodana) · 1 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short reminder that choosing the largest EC2 instance by default is wasteful. The advice is to start with realistic capacity, monitor CPU, memory, and traffic, then resize based on actual data. AWS makes scaling up easy, so there's no need to over-provision from the start. ## Content Some teams choose the largest server “just in case.” That is like hiring a 60-seater bus to take two people to work. It will work. It will also cost more than necessary. Start with realistic capacity, monitor CPU, memory and traffic, then resize using evidence. AWS makes increasing capacity easy. Your Finance department would prefer that you do not start with the most expensive option available. Right-size first. Scale when the data tells you to.  #AWSWithoutTheFluff #AmazonEC2 #CloudCosts ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Why Your AWS EC2 Bill Keeps Growing — And How MicroVMs Can Help Reduce It](https://daily.dev/posts/why-your-aws-ec2-bill-keeps-growing-and-how-microvms-can-help-reduce-it-kfyj7xcaf) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [New low-cost burstable Amazon EC2 T8i instances are generally available](https://daily.dev/posts/new-low-cost-burstable-amazon-ec2-t8i-instances-are-generally-available-6sxmimi3d) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Mastering Cloud Autoscaling: Beyond Default Settings](https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-cloud-autoscaling-beyond-default-settings-lhh54j7gb) · ITNEXT · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [Compute & Databases Explained](https://daily.dev/posts/compute-databases-explained-pshgoavnn) · AWS Fundamentals · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#finops](https://daily.dev/tags/finops) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/day-4-30-bigger-ec2-does-not-always-mean-better-gxhlrlgoi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-4-30-bigger-ec2-does-not-always-mean-better-gxhlrlgoi","headline":"Day 4/30: Bigger EC2 does not always mean better","text":"A short reminder that choosing the largest EC2 instance by default is wasteful. 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