I3EN Storage Optimized

High, sequential read/write access to large local datasets.

Name:iStorage Optimized (High I/O NVMe)i = Storage Optimized (High I/O NVMe)Equipped with high-performance local NVMe SSDs delivering millions of low-latency IOPS for high-frequency transaction processing.33rd Generation3 = 3rd GenerationAWS 3rd generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.eExtra Capacity / Expansione = Extra Capacity / ExpansionExpanded configuration offering a higher memory-to-vCPU ratio or increased local NVMe storage density per core.nEnhanced Networkingn = Enhanced NetworkingEnhanced networking capabilities delivering up to 100/200/400 Gbps network bandwidth and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support.

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-31%-$0.14/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Different family variant, 30.5 GiB RAM instead of 32, same vCPU
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-24%-$0.109/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM
i4gCompare →
-32%-$0.143/hr
xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Graviton (arm64), newer generation, same vCPU and RAM

Common use cases

  • NoSQL databases
  • Data warehousing
  • Distributed file systems

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Massive NVMe density for Cassandra, ScyllaDB, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch

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Instance types (7)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
i3en.large216 GBx86_64$0.2260
i3en.xlarge432 GBx86_64$0.4520
i3en.2xlarge864 GBx86_64$0.9040
i3en.3xlarge1296 GBx86_64$1.3560
i3en.6xlarge24192 GBx86_64$2.7120
i3en.12xlarge48384 GBx86_64$5.4240
i3en.24xlarge96768 GBx86_64$10.8480