Description of problem: We need a small section or perhaps little hint box for taking advantage of EC2's different machine sizes: <hint> EC2 provides several options including instance types: small, large and extra large. The default instance type is small and assumes an i386 architecture. If the AMI you wish to deploy in the cloud is x86_64 then you will need to set the following value in your job submission: amazon_instance_type = large For more information on instance types see: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#instance You may be using the wrong instance type if you see a message like this in your job ClassAd when you run <code>condor_q -l<code> HoldReason = "The requested instance type's architecture (i386) does not match the architecture in the manifest for ami-bda347d4 (x86_64)" <hint> Lana, is this too much for a hint? Should it be a section at the end of the basic steps?
May want to add this. There are actually five types (sorry Lana) Valid amazon_instance_type settings are: m1.small - i386 instance with 1 compute unit m1.large - x86_64 instance with 4 compute units m1.xlarge - x86_64 instance with 8 compute units c1.medium - i386 instance with 5 compute units c1.xlarge - x86_64 instance with 20 compute units For more detailed technical information on the instance types see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/DeveloperGuide/ [So fix the one above that says: large to m1.large]
It's in. Available for review shortly. LKB