# General reference

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## Supported instance types

* **Tip**\
  We often recommend different instance types for [dedicated master nodes](https://github.com/kevinslin/aws-reference-notes/blob/main/services/amazon_open_search_service/managedomains-dedicatedmasternodes.md) and data nodes.

## Reserved Instances

* **Note**\
  `StartTime` is Unix epoch time, which is the number of seconds that have passed since midnight UTC of 1 January 1970. For example, 1522872571 epoch time is 20:09:31 UTC of 4 April 2018. You can use online converters.


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