From e412c47160df78ecd031d9ebb430b7aac3aa4536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Linsley Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 08:46:19 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify EC2 instance size requirements --- install/amazon_rds/04_install_collector_ec2.mdx | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/install/amazon_rds/04_install_collector_ec2.mdx b/install/amazon_rds/04_install_collector_ec2.mdx index 4a6ae6c2..95df019c 100644 --- a/install/amazon_rds/04_install_collector_ec2.mdx +++ b/install/amazon_rds/04_install_collector_ec2.mdx @@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ For this step, you first need to choose whether you want to install the collecto The [pganalyze collector](https://github.com/pganalyze/collector) is a daemon process that continuously collects database statistics, and submits them to the pganalyze dashboard in recurring intervals. -You can either run it on a small instance (a `t3.small` suffices), or add it to an existing EC2 instance in your environment. +You can either run it on a small instance, or add it to an existing EC2 instance in your environment. + +When monitoring a single medium-sized database `t3.micro` is usually large enough, though you may need `t3.small` to monitor multiple large databases. ## Starting a new EC2 instance -Start a new `t3.small` instance, Amazon Linux 2 based, that has the IAM role applied: +Start a new Amazon Linux 2 based instance that has the IAM role applied: