EC2 Instance Type – d3.xlarge
The d3.xlarge instance is part of the d3 series, featuring 4 vCPUs and Up to 15 Gigabit of RAM, with Storage Optimized. It is available at a rate of $0.4990/hour.
d3 Family :
Amazon EC2 D3 instances are designed for applications needing high sequential I/O performance and disk throughput. They offer a cost-effective upgrade from D2 instances, providing enhanced compute and network performance at a reduced price per terabyte.
Features
Equipped with up to 3.1 GHz 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (Intel Cascade Lake 8259CL), featuring the Intel Advanced Vector Extension (AVX-512) instruction set
Provides up to 48 TB of HDD instance storage
Delivers up to 45% higher read and write disk throughput compared to EC2 D2 instances
Based on the AWS Nitro System
Credits: AWS Resources, Updated At: 2024-08-23
Use Cases
These instances are well-suited for distributed file systems (e.g., HDFS, MapReduce File Systems), big data analytics workloads (e.g., Elastic MapReduce, Spark, Hadoop), massively parallel processing (MPP) data warehouses (e.g., Redshift, HP Vertica), and log or data processing applications (e.g., Kafka, Elasticsearch).
d3 Instance Type Family
| Instances | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) |
|---|---|---|
| d3.xlarge | 4 | 32 GiB |
| d3.2xlarge | 8 | 64 GiB |
| d3.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| d3.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB |
EC2 Instance - d3.xlarge Specification
| General | |
|---|---|
| Type | d3.xlarge |
| Region | N. Virginia |
| Family Group | D3 |
| Family Category | Storage Optimized |
| Instance Generation | Current |
| Term Type | On-demand |
| Pricing (USD/hr) | $ 0.4990 |
| Compute | |
|---|---|
| vCPU | 4 |
| Memory | 32 GiB |
| Storage | 3 x 2000 HDD |
| Processor Architecture | 64-bit |
| Operating System | Linux |
| EBS Optimized | NA |
| Tenancy | Shared |
| Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| GPU | NA |
| ECU | 0.0000 |
| Virtualization | HVM |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Network Performance | Up to 15 Gigabit |
| ENA Support | True |
EC2 Instance - d3.xlarge Pricing
| Region | Price / Unit | Monthly Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | $0.4990 | $364.27 |
| Ohio | $0.4990 | $364.27 |
| Mumbai | $0.5240 | $382.52 |
| Central | $0.5500 | $401.50 |
| Ireland | $0.6090 | $444.57 |
| Sydney | $0.6260 | $456.98 |
| Singapore | $0.6260 | $456.98 |
| Tel Aviv | $0.6400 | $467.20 |
| Paris | $0.6400 | $467.20 |
| London | $0.6400 | $467.20 |
| Frankfurt | $0.6580 | $480.34 |
| Tokyo | $0.7240 | $528.52 |
| Zurich | $0.7240 | $528.52 |