---
title: The right Instance for development purposes
description: Discover Scaleway's development range of Instances, including options like the Stardust Instance, ideal for educational purposes.
dates:
  validation: 2025-07-15
  posted: 2023-02-22
tags: instance type stardust range development use-case
---

An Instance is a virtual machine in the cloud. Scaleway supports several [types of Instances](/instances/reference-content/choosing-instance-type/), each with their own set of resources, unique value propositions, and technical specifications. Each Instance supports the essential operating systems and distributions, as well as customized [Instantapps](/instances/concepts/#instantapp).

## Development Instances

Scaleway's **Development** range includes DEV1 and GP1 Instances. These Instances provide a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources, and can be used for a wide range of workloads. For example, they are ideally suited for scaling a development and testing environment, but also Content Management Systems (CMS) or microservices. They are also a good default choice if you are not sure which Instance type is best for your application.

See below the technical specifications of Development Instances:

| Range                         	| Development                                                                  	|
|:--------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Instance type   	              | DEV1 <br /> GP1                                                      	        |
| Availability Zone   	          | PAR1, PAR2, PAR3 (excl. DEV1), AMS1, AMS2, WAW1, WAW2                         |
| Storage   	                    | Local or Block                                                                |
| Max. bandwidth   	              | From 200 to 500 Mbps                                                          |
| CPU type   	                    | DEV1: AMD EPYC 7281 (2,1 GHz) or equivalent<br />GP1: AMD EPYC 7410P (2 GHz) or equivalent |
| Resources   	                  | Shared vCPUs                                                                  |
| Sizing   	                      | From 2 to 48 vCPUs <br />From 2 to 256 GiB RAM                                   |
| vCPU:RAM ratio                  | Various<br />(1:1, 1:2, 1:3)                                                  |

## Complementary services

To help build and manage your applications, consider complementing your Instance with the following compatible services:
- [Learn how to back up your Instance](/instances/how-to/create-a-backup/)
- [Learn how to create snapshots of your Instance for specific volumes](/block-storage/how-to/create-a-snapshot/)
- [Learn how to migrate your data from one Instance to another](/instances/how-to/migrate-instances/)

## Matching use cases

Try Scaleway Development Instances with the following tutorials:

- [Hosting your own GitHub runner on an Instance](/tutorials/host-github-runner/)
- [Deploying WordPress with LEMP on Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (22.04 LTS)](/tutorials/wordpress-lemp-stack-ubuntu-jammy-jellyfish-22-04/)
- [Creating your own Minecraft server](/tutorials/setup-minecraft/)
- [Configuring a Prometheus monitoring server with a Grafana dashboard](/tutorials/prometheus-monitoring-grafana-dashboard/)
- [Setting up GitLab with a Managed Database for PostgreSQL](/tutorials/configuring-gitlab-scaleway-elements-database/)
- [Deploying AWStats](/tutorials/deploy-awstats/)
- [Running web analytics with Plausible on Ubuntu Linux](/tutorials/plausible-analytics-ubuntu/)

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  Refer to the [Choosing the best Scaleway Instance type for your workload](/instances/reference-content/choosing-instance-type/) documentation page for more information.
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