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hs1.8xlarge

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Part of the HS1 Storage Optimized family — High, sequential read/write access to large local datasets.

Name:hsHigh Storage (Previous Gen)hs = High Storage (Previous Gen)Previous-generation high-density storage instances for data warehousing and backup repositories.11st Generation1 = 1st GenerationAWS 1st generation hardware platform.8xlarge8 Extra Large8xlarge = 8 Extra Large16 vCPUs • 117.0 GiB RAM • 48000 GB HDD • 10 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$5.5200/ hr
~$4,029.60/mo
Compute
16vCPUs
16 threads • x86_64
Memory
117.0GiB
7.3 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.3450/ vCPU-hr
$0.0472/GiB-hr
Network
10 Gigabit
10 Gigabit
Storage & EBS
48000 GB
48000 GB

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2650
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads16 vCPUs
Physical Cores—
Clock Speed2 GHz
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$0.3450
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0472

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 ConfigurationHDD (48000 GB)
Local NVMe Disk48000 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput—
EBS Max Throughput—
EBS Baseline IOPS—
EBS Max / Burst IOPS—
Dedicated EBS Throughput1 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor64
Generation StatusPrevious Generation
Date Introduced2012-12-21

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$5.5200/ hr
AWS GovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1)
Highest Price Region
$5.5200/ hr
AWS GovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1)
Global Fleet Average
$5.5200/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
1regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 1 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
AWS GovCloud (US-West)Lowest
us-gov-west-1$5.5200