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12-18-2025 06:27 AM
I’m confused because there seems to be a contradiction in the documentation regarding the choice of AWS instance type for deploying a VM-300 using NGFW Software Credits.
Could you clarify which AWS instance type meets the requirements for running VM-300?
■VM-Series Performance & Capacity on Public Clouds – VM-Series on Amazon Web Services Performance and Capacity
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/vm-series/11-1/vm-series-performance-capacity/vm-series-performanc...
This page lists tested instances, and for VM-300 it includes c6in.xlarge.
■VM-Series Deployment Guide
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/vm-series/11-1/vm-series-deployment/license-the-vm-series-firewall...
This page states that VM-300 requires 9 GB of memory, and to avoid resource issues, it recommends increasing memory to 11 GB. However, c6in.xlarge only has 8 GB, which seems insufficient.
■VM-Series Performance & Capacity on Public Clouds – VM-Series Models on AWS EC2 Instances
AWS EC2 Instances
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/vm-series/11-1/vm-series-performance-capacity/vm-series-performanc...
This page suggests that c6in.xlarge can be used for VM-300.
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