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Reputation: 1629

Faster Upload Speeds with AWS EC2 Instance

I've got a t2.medium instance with an EBS volume and EFS in the U.S. West (Oregon) availability region.

Users (often out of California) can upload image files using a javascript file uploader, but no matter how fast the user's connection is, they can't seem to upload any faster than ~500kb/s.

For example, if a user speed-tests their upload rate at 5mb/s, and then uploads a 5MB image file, it will still take nearly 11 seconds to complete.

I get similar results when using FTP to upload files.

My initial thought was that I should change my instance to something with better Network Performance — but since I'm uploading directly to the EFS and not an amazon bucket or something else, I wasn't sure networking was my problem.

How can I achieve faster upload rates? Is this a limitation of my instance?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 5268

Answers (1)

JD D
JD D

Reputation: 8097

I would definitely experiment with different instance types as the instance family and size is directly correlated with the network performance. The t2 family of instances has one of the lowest network throughputs.

Here are two resources to help you figure out what to expect for network throughput for the various instance types:

The t3 family is the latest gen of low cost and burstable t instances which include enhanced networking with a much improved burstable network rate of up to 5 Gbps. This may work for you if your uploads are infrequent. At a minimum, you could switch to the t3 family to improve your network performance without changing your cost much at all.

Side note: If you are using an older AMI, you may not be able to directly use your AMI from your t2 instance as you will need a modern version of an OS that supports the enhanced networking.

Upvotes: 5

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