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AWS drs: Clarify replication server instance type x86_64 support

Service: drs · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: drs/latest/userguide/individual-replication-settings.md

Summary

Rewords the replication server instance type description to state that DRS replication servers support only x86_64 EC2 instance types even when the source server is arm64.

Security assessment

Wording clarification about supported CPU architecture for replication servers; no security impact.

Evidence

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery replication servers support only `x86_64` Amazon EC2 instance types. This applies even when the source server uses `arm64`.

Diff

diff --git a/drs/latest/userguide/individual-replication-settings.md b/drs/latest/userguide/individual-replication-settings.md
index b1b81499f..6b8881c09 100644
--- a//drs/latest/userguide/individual-replication-settings.md
+++ b//drs/latest/userguide/individual-replication-settings.md
@@ -76 +76 @@ Command Line
-The **Replication server instance type** determines the EC2 Instance type and size that is used for the launch of a source server's replication server. DRS Replicators only support EC2 Instances with x86_64 CPU architecture. 
+The **Replication server instance type** determines the EC2 Instance type and size that is used for the launch of a source server's replication server. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery replication servers support only `x86_64` Amazon EC2 instance types. This applies even when the source server uses `arm64`.