# Which EC2 instance type is best suited for large volume streaming

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/which-ec2-instance-type-is-best-suited-for-large-volume-streaming/35264>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [February 9, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-ec2-instance-type-is-best-suited-for-large-volume-streaming/35264 "2014-02-09T08:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jon\_Achai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@Jon\_Achai](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jon_Achai)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-ec2-instance-type-is-best-suited-for-large-volume-streaming/35264/1 "2014-02-09T08:44:16Z")

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Hi,

We run the latest wowza 3 on our own ec2 instances.

Which instance do you recommend is best suited for streaming?

We have a large number of broadcasters into the box and we’re saving the files.

Thanks,

Jonathan

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**Author:** ![Johan\_Niemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Johan\_Niemi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Johan_Niemi)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-ec2-instance-type-is-best-suited-for-large-volume-streaming/35264/2 "2014-02-10T01:55:45Z")

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[c3.8xlarge](http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/) probably, mainly because of a good mix of high performance CPU’s, good amount of memory, SSD storage and 10 GbE.

For better value though, I would load balance between a number of cheaper instances (like the c1.medium) instead.

A c1.medium instance comes at 1/16 the price of a c3.8xlarge, but it will allow for over half the througput (~0,95 Gbps) of the expensive [c3.8xlarge 10 GbE instance (~1,7 Gbps).](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/39466)

For the saved files, I would script those to be moved to a S3 bucket after ended broadcasts.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/which-ec2-instance-type-is-best-suited-for-large-volume-streaming/35264/3 "2014-02-11T08:58:39Z")

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Hi,

We have a Module which can be added on a per application basis called the [ModuleMediaWriterFileMover](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-move-recordings-from-live-streams)which you may find useful.

Jason