Within the past couple years, Amazon has introduced Local Zones: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/localzones/ These are Datacenters closer to the end users. For me, that means here in Houston.   We have VMX in US-EAST (36 ms) and US-WEST (55ms), but to really get low latency (i.e. sub millisecond) we'd REALLY like to put a VMX into the IAH local zone, and move some application/database servers there.   But here's the problem.   Cisco/Meraki has locked the VMX to exactly three Amazon instance types: m4.large, c5.large and c5.xlarge In all of the local zones in the US (except for Los Angeles) the instance types are limited to: T3, C5d, R5d, and G4dn NONE of which will work, because the VMX AMI is locked to the three specific instances.   I submit that the VMX - all three of them -- will run absolutely fine on a T3.Medium, and if we HAD to go overkill, for sure on the T3.xlarge (which are the two T3's available in the Local Zones) https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/   Let's compare: c5.large is 2 vcpu/4g RAM, c5.xlarge is 4 vcpu/8G RAM Both have "up to 10gbps networking" Other C5 instance sizes will launch on the 2nd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Cascade Lake 8223CL) or 1st generation Intel Xeon Platinum 8000 series (Skylake 8124M) processor with a sustained all core Turbo frequency of up to 3.4GHz, and single core turbo frequency of up to 3.5 GHz. m4.large - 2 vcpu/8g RAM Up to 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon Scalable Processor (Broadwell E5-2686 v4 or Haswell E5-2676 v3) "Moderate" Network performance t3.medium - 2 vcpu/4g RAM, t3.xlarge - 4 vcpu/16g RAM Up to 3.1 GHz Intel Xeon Scalable processor (Skylake 8175M or Cascade Lake 8259CL) Up to 5 Gigabit Networking     Since the VMX Large is the biggest VMX, and it maxes out at 1Gbps VPN Throughput, I can't see any reason why the t3.medium wouldn't do just fine.   So... my ask... re-publish the Amazon Marketplace VMX AMI with t3.medium and t3.xlarge as additional options.  I'm HAPPY to help beta test it if y'all want. I have a 10G internet connection at my main office, and my folks with MX's and Z3's at home have a smattering of gigabit fiber, and a lot with 200+ mbps connections I'll make some noise to hammer the hell out of it!!   ... View more