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Part of the D2 Storage Optimized family — High, sequential read/write access to large local datasets.

Name:dStorage Optimized (Dense HDD)d = Storage Optimized (Dense HDD)High-density local HDD storage designed for massive data warehousing, log processing, and distributed file systems like HDFS.22nd Generation2 = 2nd GenerationAWS 2nd generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.8xlarge8 Extra Large8xlarge = 8 Extra Large36 vCPUs • 244 GB RAM • 48000 GB HDD • 10 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$5.5200/ hr
~$4,029.60/mo
Compute
36vCPUs
18 cores • x86_64
Memory
244GB
6.8 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.1533/ vCPU-hr
$0.0226/GB-hr
Network
10 Gbps
Baseline: 10 Gbps
Storage & EBS
500MB/s
Max: 32,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads36 vCPUs
Physical Cores18
Clock Speed2.4 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score543,205
CoreMark / vCPU15,089 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding141 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar98,407 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.1533
Cost per GB-hr$0.0226

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ECS Tasks7 tasks
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance10 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth10 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationHDD (48000 GB)
Local NVMe Disk48,000 GB HDD
EBS Baseline Throughput500 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput500 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS32,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS32,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput4000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor64
Generation StatusPrevious Generation
Date Introduced2015-03-30

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$5.5200/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$7.6560/ hr
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) (ap-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$6.3811/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
22regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 22 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
af-south-1
Africa (Cape Town)
$7.0000
ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
Highest
$7.6560
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
$6.6120
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$6.7520
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$6.7520
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$6.9600
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$6.9600
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$6.7520
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$6.6240
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$6.6240
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$6.0720
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$6.3520
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$5.8800
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$6.1740
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$6.1760
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$6.1760
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$5.5840
me-south-1
Middle East (Bahrain)
$6.4680
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$5.5200
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$5.5200
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$6.2500
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$5.5200