The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a hosting service provided by Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.
IBM Passport Advantage Customers can install and run IBM Programs in the Amazon EC2 cloud environment using Program licenses obtained from IBM on a Processor Value Unit (PVU) basis. The table below lists the number of PVU licenses required per IBM Program for each Amazon EC2 Instance Type currently available as of the table publish date. Charges for the Amazon Web Services EC2 service are separate and remain the responsibility of the customer.
PVU licenses required per IBM Program for each Amazon EC2 Instance Type
|
Amazon EC2 |
Number of Virtual Cores |
PVUs required per |
| Small instance |
1 |
50 |
| Large instance |
2 |
100 |
| Extra large instance |
4 |
200 |
| High CPU medium instance |
2 |
100 |
| High CPU large instance |
8 |
400 |
Table publish date: February 11, 2009
- For more details see Instance Types at Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
- Certain restrictions may apply; consult your IBM Program License Information for Program unique terms & conditions. For purposes of IBM Express Middleware Programs which have PVU based maximum authorized use limits per server, an Instance Type is equivalent to a server. See IBM Express Middleware Licensing Guide for a summary of PVU limits by Program
PVU licensing requirements per EC2 Instance are subject to change without notice.