[RDS] Incorrect Storage (Instance Store) for db.x1.32xlarge

[hdhilip98]

The instance store for the x1.32xlarge instance type, according to EC2, is 2 x 1920 SSD. In RDS, however, it is 1 x 1920 SSD for the same instance type.

I see the same thing in the AWS pricing offering file. I'd like to know if this is a problem on AWS's end. Is comparing RDS DB instances and EC2 instances a bad idea?

EC2:

RDS:

[hdhilip98]

Additional Info: I observed similar problem for the below instance types in the offering file. As per EC2 (documentation and console), instance store for below instances are HDD based. But the EC2 offering file reports them as SSD.

'm1.large', 'm1.medium', 'm1.small', 'm1.xlarge', 'm2.2xlarge', 'm2.4xlarge', 'm2.xlarge'

But this problem was handled in ec2instances.info because it is scrapping the data from the documentation.

[EverettBerry]

Interesting.. I suppose the AWS console will have the answer.

[hdhilip98]

@EverettBerry This was fixed with an AWS ticket. They changed the 'x1.32xlarge' storage metadata. Both the pricing API and the offering file now return the proper value.

Closing this issue