Specifications for Amazon EC2 storage optimized instances
Storage optimized instances are designed for workloads that require high, sequential read and write access to very large data sets on local storage. They are optimized to deliver tens of thousands of low-latency, random I/O operations per second (IOPS) to applications.
For information on previous generation instance types of this category, such as I2 instances, see Specifications for Amazon EC2 previous generation instances.
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Pricing
For pricing information, see Amazon EC2 On-Demand Pricing
Instance families and instance types
| Instance family | Available instance types |
|---|---|
| D2 | d2.xlarge | d2.2xlarge | d2.4xlarge | d2.8xlarge |
| D3 | d3.xlarge | d3.2xlarge | d3.4xlarge | d3.8xlarge |
| D3en | d3en.xlarge | d3en.2xlarge | d3en.4xlarge | d3en.6xlarge | d3en.8xlarge | d3en.12xlarge |
| H1 | h1.2xlarge | h1.4xlarge | h1.8xlarge | h1.16xlarge |
| I3 | i3.large | i3.xlarge | i3.2xlarge | i3.4xlarge | i3.8xlarge | i3.16xlarge | i3.metal |
| I3en | i3en.large | i3en.xlarge | i3en.2xlarge | i3en.3xlarge | i3en.6xlarge | i3en.12xlarge | i3en.24xlarge | i3en.metal |
| I4g | i4g.large | i4g.xlarge | i4g.2xlarge | i4g.4xlarge | i4g.8xlarge | i4g.16xlarge |
| I4i | i4i.large | i4i.xlarge | i4i.2xlarge | i4i.4xlarge | i4i.8xlarge | i4i.12xlarge | i4i.16xlarge | i4i.24xlarge | i4i.32xlarge | i4i.metal |
| I7i | i7i.large | i7i.xlarge | i7i.2xlarge | i7i.4xlarge | i7i.8xlarge | i7i.12xlarge | i7i.16xlarge | i7i.24xlarge | i7i.48xlarge | i7i.metal-24xl | i7i.metal-48xl |
| I7ie | i7ie.large | i7ie.xlarge | i7ie.2xlarge | i7ie.3xlarge | i7ie.6xlarge | i7ie.12xlarge | i7ie.18xlarge | i7ie.24xlarge | i7ie.48xlarge | i7ie.metal-24xl | i7ie.metal-48xl |
| I8g | i8g.large | i8g.xlarge | i8g.2xlarge | i8g.4xlarge | i8g.8xlarge | i8g.12xlarge | i8g.16xlarge | i8g.24xlarge | i8g.48xlarge | i8g.metal-24xl | i8g.metal-48xl |
| I8ge | i8ge.large | i8ge.xlarge | i8ge.2xlarge | i8ge.3xlarge | i8ge.6xlarge | i8ge.12xlarge | i8ge.18xlarge | i8ge.24xlarge | i8ge.48xlarge | i8ge.metal-24xl | i8ge.metal-48xl |
| Im4gn | im4gn.large | im4gn.xlarge | im4gn.2xlarge | im4gn.4xlarge | im4gn.8xlarge | im4gn.16xlarge |
| Is4gen | is4gen.medium | is4gen.large | is4gen.xlarge | is4gen.2xlarge | is4gen.4xlarge | is4gen.8xlarge |
Instance family summary
| Instance family | Hypervisor | Processor type (architecture) | Metal instances available | Dedicated Hosts support | Spot support | Hibernation support | Supported operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2 | Xen | Intel (x86_64) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Windows | Linux |
| D3 | Nitro v3 | Intel (x86_64) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Windows | Linux |
| D3en | Nitro v3 | Intel (x86_64) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Windows | Linux |
| H1 | Xen | Intel (x86_64) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Windows | Linux |
| I3 | Xen * | Intel (x86_64) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Windows | Linux |
| I3en | Nitro v3 | Intel (x86_64) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Windows | Linux |
| I4g | Nitro v4 | AWS Graviton (arm64) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Linux |
| I4i | Nitro v4 | Intel (x86_64) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Windows | Linux |
| I7i | Nitro v4 | Intel (x86_64) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Windows | Linux |
| I7ie | Nitro v5 | Intel (x86_64) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Windows | Linux |
| I8g | Nitro v5 | AWS Graviton (arm64) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Linux |
| I8ge | Nitro v6 | AWS Graviton (arm64) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Linux |
| Im4gn | Nitro v4 | AWS Graviton (arm64) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Linux |
| Is4gen | Nitro v4 | AWS Graviton (arm64) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Linux |
Note
* i3.metal instances are built on the AWS Nitro System.
Performance specifications
| Instance type | Memory (GiB) | Processor | vCPUs | CPU cores | Threads per core | Accelerators | Accelerator memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2 | |||||||
| d2.xlarge | 30.50 | Intel Xeon E52676v3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d2.2xlarge | 61.00 | Intel Xeon E52676v3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d2.4xlarge | 122.00 | Intel Xeon E52676v3 | 16 | 8 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d2.8xlarge | 244.00 | Intel Xeon E52676v3 | 36 | 18 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| D3 | |||||||
| d3.xlarge | 32.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d3.2xlarge | 64.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d3.4xlarge | 128.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 16 | 8 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d3.8xlarge | 256.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 32 | 16 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| D3en | |||||||
| d3en.xlarge | 16.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d3en.2xlarge | 32.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d3en.4xlarge | 64.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 16 | 8 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d3en.6xlarge | 96.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 24 | 12 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d3en.8xlarge | 128.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 32 | 16 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| d3en.12xlarge | 192.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 | 48 | 24 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| H1 | |||||||
| h1.2xlarge | 32.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| h1.4xlarge | 64.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 16 | 8 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| h1.8xlarge | 128.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 32 | 16 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| h1.16xlarge | 256.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 64 | 32 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| I3 | |||||||
| i3.large | 15.25 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3.xlarge | 30.50 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3.2xlarge | 61.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3.4xlarge | 122.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 16 | 8 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3.8xlarge | 244.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 32 | 16 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3.16xlarge | 488.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 64 | 32 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3.metal | 512.00 | Intel Broadwell E5-2686v4 | 72 | 36 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| I3en | |||||||
| i3en.large | 16.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3en.xlarge | 32.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3en.2xlarge | 64.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3en.3xlarge | 96.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 12 | 6 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3en.6xlarge | 192.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 24 | 12 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3en.12xlarge | 384.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 48 | 24 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3en.24xlarge | 768.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 96 | 48 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i3en.metal | 768.00 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 96 | 48 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| I4g | |||||||
| i4g.large | 16.00 | AWS Graviton2 Processor | 2 | 2 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4g.xlarge | 32.00 | AWS Graviton2 Processor | 4 | 4 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4g.2xlarge | 64.00 | AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 8 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4g.4xlarge | 128.00 | AWS Graviton2 Processor | 16 | 16 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4g.8xlarge | 256.00 | AWS Graviton2 Processor | 32 | 32 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4g.16xlarge | 512.00 | AWS Graviton2 Processor | 64 | 64 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| I4i | |||||||
| i4i.large | 16.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 2 | 1 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.xlarge | 32.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 4 | 2 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.2xlarge | 64.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.4xlarge | 128.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 16 | 8 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.8xlarge | 256.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 32 | 16 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.12xlarge | 384.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 48 | 24 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.16xlarge | 512.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 64 | 32 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.24xlarge | 768.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 96 | 48 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.32xlarge | 1024.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 128 | 64 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i4i.metal | 1024.00 | Intel Xeon Ice Lake | 128 | 64 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| I7i | |||||||
| i7i.large | 16.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 2 | 1 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.xlarge | 32.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 4 | 2 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.2xlarge | 64.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.4xlarge | 128.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 16 | 8 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.8xlarge | 256.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 32 | 16 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.12xlarge | 384.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 48 | 24 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.16xlarge | 512.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 64 | 32 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.24xlarge | 768.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 96 | 48 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.48xlarge | 1536.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 192 | 96 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.metal-24xl | 768.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 96 | 48 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7i.metal-48xl | 1536.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 192 | 96 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| I7ie | |||||||
| i7ie.large | 16.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 2 | 1 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.xlarge | 32.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 4 | 2 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.2xlarge | 64.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 8 | 4 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.3xlarge | 96.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 12 | 6 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.6xlarge | 192.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 24 | 12 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.12xlarge | 384.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 48 | 24 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.18xlarge | 576.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 72 | 36 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.24xlarge | 768.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 96 | 48 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.48xlarge | 1536.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 192 | 96 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.metal-24xl | 768.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 96 | 48 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i7ie.metal-48xl | 1536.00 | Intel Emerald Rapids | 192 | 96 | 2 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| I8g | |||||||
| i8g.large | 16.00 | AWS Graviton4 Processor | 2 | 2 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i8g.xlarge | 32.00 | AWS Graviton4 Processor | 4 | 4 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i8g.2xlarge | 64.00 | AWS Graviton4 Processor | 8 | 8 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i8g.4xlarge | 128.00 | AWS Graviton4 Processor | 16 | 16 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i8g.8xlarge | 256.00 | AWS Graviton4 Processor | 32 | 32 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i8g.12xlarge | 384.00 | AWS Graviton4 Processor | 48 | 48 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i8g.16xlarge | 512.00 | AWS Graviton4 Processor | 64 | 64 | 1 | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| i8g.24xlarge | 768.00 | AWS Graviton4 Processor | 96 | 96 | 1 | ✗ No | |