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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 • 244.0 GiB RAM • 48000 GB HDD • 10 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$5.5200/ hr
~$4,029.60/mo
Compute
36vCPUs
18 cores • x86_64
Memory
244.0GiB
6.8 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.1533/ vCPU-hr
$0.0226/GiB-hr
Network
10Gbps
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 GiB-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 Gigabit
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 Disk48000 GB
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
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$7.0000
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)Highest
ap-east-1$7.6560
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$6.6120
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$6.7520
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$6.7520
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$6.9600
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$6.9600
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$6.7520
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$6.6240
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$6.6240
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$6.0720
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$6.3520
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$5.8800
EU (London)
eu-west-2$6.1740
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$6.1760
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$6.1760
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$5.5840
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$6.4680
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$5.5200
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$5.5200
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$6.2500
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$5.5200