We have upgraded our AWS offerings to support 'Nitro-based' instance types as shown in the table below. The recommended instance type or each offering is listed first in bold.

VLM-FREE VLM-500 VLM-3000
t3a.small m5d.large m5d.large
t3a.medium m5d.xlarge m5d.xlarge
t3a.large m5d.2xlarge m5d.2xlarge
m5d.16xlarge m5d.16xlarge
c5d.large c5d.large
c5d.xlarge c5d.xlarge
c5d.2xlarge c5d.2xlarge
c5d.4xlarge c5d.4xlarge
c5d.9xlarge c5d.9xlarge
c5d.18xlarge c5d.18xlarge
VLM-MAX BYOL License Agreement Based (Metered/SPLA)
m5d.large m5d.large m5d.large
All three offerings support the machine types listed above for VLM-3000, plus the following:
r5d.large r5d.large r5d.large
r5d.xlarge r5d.xlarge r5d.xlarge
r5d.2xlarge r5d.2xlarge r5d.2xlarge
r5d.4xlarge r5d.4xlarge r5d.4xlarge
r5d.8xlarge r5d.8xlarge r5d.8xlarge

Note that a fresh install of LoadMaster on AWS using one of the Nitro-based instances above cannot be downgraded to an earlier release. This issue will be fixed in the next LMOS LTS firmware release due in October 2021.