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cr1.8xlarge

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Part of the CR1 Memory Optimized family — High memory-to-vCPU ratio for memory-intensive applications.

Name:crHigh Memory Cluster (Previous Gen)cr = High Memory Cluster (Previous Gen)Previous-generation high-memory cluster instances for large database and memory workloads.11st Generation1 = 1st GenerationAWS 1st generation hardware platform.8xlarge8 Extra Large8xlarge = 8 Extra Large32 vCPUs • 244.0 GiB RAM • 240 GB SSD • 10 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$3.5000/ hr
~$2,555.00/mo
Compute
32vCPUs
32 threads • x86_64
Memory
244.0GiB
7.6 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.1094/ vCPU-hr
$0.0143/GiB-hr
Network
10 Gigabit
10 Gigabit
Storage & EBS
240 GB
240 GB

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads32 vCPUs
Physical Cores—
Clock Speed—
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark ScoreNot benchmarked
CoreMark / vCPU—
FFmpeg Transcoding—
CoreMark per Dollar—
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.1094
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0143

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ECS Tasks—
Max ENIs—
IPv4/v6 per ENI—
Total Addressable IPs—
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance10 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth—
Burst / Peak Bandwidth—
Enhanced NetworkingNo
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationSSD (240 GB)
Local NVMe Disk240 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput—
EBS Max Throughput—
EBS Baseline IOPS—
EBS Max / Burst IOPS—
Dedicated EBS Throughput400 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor64
Generation StatusPrevious Generation
Date Introduced2013-01-21

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$3.5000/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$4.1050/ hr
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)
Global Fleet Average
$3.7138/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
4regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 4 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)Highest
ap-northeast-1$4.1050
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$3.7500
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$3.5000
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$3.5000