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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.xlargeExtra Large (1x)xlarge = Extra Large (1x)4 vCPUs • 31 GB RAM • 6000 GB HDD • Moderate Network
Price (Linux)
$0.6900/ hr
~$503.70/mo
Compute
4vCPUs
2 cores • x86_64
Memory
31GB
7.6 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.1725/ vCPU-hr
$0.0226/GB-hr
Network
Moderate
Baseline: 1.25 Gbps
Storage & EBS
93.75MB/s
Max: 6,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads4 vCPUs
Physical Cores2
Clock Speed2.4 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score58,190
CoreMark / vCPU14,547.6 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding23 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar84,333 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.1725
Cost per GB-hr$0.0226

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods
Max ECS Tasks3 tasks
Max ENIs4
IPv4/v6 per ENI15
Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceModerate
Baseline Bandwidth1.25 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth2.8 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationHDD (6000 GB)
Local NVMe Disk6,000 GB HDD
EBS Baseline Throughput93.75 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput93.75 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS6,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS6,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput750 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor8
Generation StatusPrevious Generation
Date Introduced2015-03-30

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.6900/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.9570/ hr
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) (ap-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.7977/ 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)
$0.8750
ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
Highest
$0.9570
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
$0.8270
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$0.8440
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.8440
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.8700
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.8700
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.8440
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$0.8280
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$0.8280
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.7590
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.7940
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.7350
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.7720
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$0.7720
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.7720
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$0.6980
me-south-1
Middle East (Bahrain)
$0.8090
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$0.6900
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$0.6900
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.7810
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$0.6900