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I have my on-demand instance running in Amazon EC2 and following is the instance details.

Instance type :m1.small
Availability zone:us-west-2c
Platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4

I have set up this instance with all required software to run my web service (30GB EBS is attached to this instance)

Now I want to convert it as a reserved instance.Got to know how to create a reserved instance from here. Will it be converted as reserved instance if I purchase an instance with platform as Linux/Unix as it is cost effective instead of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?

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RHEL has additional licencing costs over the base Linux instances. You would need to purchase a reserved instance with REHL or set up your instance with something like Amazon Linux.

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  • I see only Amazon Linux AMI in the Quick Start while creating instance. Will Ubuntu Server 13.10 be suitable for my case? – Maria Nov 12 '13 at 04:10
  • It should be. If you prefer the Redhat style environment, you should be able to find Fedora or CentOS images as well. – datasage Nov 12 '13 at 04:13
  • Can I just create an instance with Ubuntu and attach my already set up EBS? I have few things installed in it. – Maria Nov 12 '13 at 04:22
  • You can attach the volume, but not as a root volume. – datasage Nov 12 '13 at 04:23
  • You are right. I tried adding existing RHEL EBS to my newly created Ubuntu instance as root device. It worked but I could not access my old files. So created new Ubuntu instance with EBS and did the entire set up again. – Maria Nov 12 '13 at 08:37