--- title: AWS EC2 | Learn AWS by Blue Matador description: Explore our content focused on learning about AWS EC2 from beginners to experts we have something for everyone. image: https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/www/Integration/Integration-AWS-EC2-BlueMatador.png --- ![300x60-EC2-whitex2](https://www.bluematador.com/hs-fs/hubfs/300x60-EC2-whitex2.png?width=600&height=120&name=300x60-EC2-whitex2.png "300x60-EC2-whitex2") # Learn AWS EC2 ## Guides, information, tips, and more about AWS EC2. ### What is EC2 in AWS? EC2 stands for Elastic Compute Cloud and is Amazon's web service that offering compute resources in the cloud. Using Amazon EC2 allows developers to rent scalable and reliable virtual computers to run their applications. EC2 is one of the most popular services offered by AWS. Most people will start here when beginning with AWS. Essentially, EC2 is a virtualized machine managed by AWS with an operating system like Windows, or Linux and hardware components that you can choose from.  ### AWS EC2 instance types. When you use EC2 to run your cloud-based application you'll select from different EC2 instance type options and the ability to configure their size and other options. AWS offers several different types of EC2 instances depending on your use case. They are: general purpose, compute optimized, memory optimized, accelerated computing, and storage optimized.  Browse through our EC2 content to learn more. [ ### How to Monitor Amazon EC2 with CloudWatch Walkthrough guide about what metrics to watch to monitor EC2 with CloudWatch. ](https://www.bluematador.com/learn/blog/how-to-monitor-amazon-ec2-with-cloudwatch) [ ### How Many Packets per Second in Amazon EC2? First post in a series about packets per second in AWS EC2. ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/how-many-packets-per-second-in-amazon-ec2) [ ### EC2 PPS: Guaranteed Throughput vs Best Effort EC2 packets per second are not artificially limited by hardcoded values. ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/ec2-packets-per-second-guaranteed-throughput-vs-best-effort) [ ### PPS in EC2 vs Amazon's Published Network Performance Comparing actual PPS gathered against Amazon's published network performance categories. ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/packets-per-second-in-ec2-vs-amazons-published-network-performance) [ ### Payload Size and Max PPS on AWS EC2 Our research on seeing if the payload size impacts max PPS in EC2. ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/payload-size-and-max-pps-on-aws-ec2-no-effect) [ ### PPS Spike Every 110 Seconds on AWS EC2 An odd discovery while investigating PPS limitations with AWS EC2. ](https://www.bluematador.com/learn/blog/pps-spike-every-110-seconds-on-aws-ec2) [ ### Using t2.unlimited to Increase Packet Limitations A test to see if t2.unlimited works for increasing network performance. ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/using-t2.unlimited-to-increase-packet-limitations) ## **Get AWS monitoring in minutes. **Get instant value. 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