EC2 Instance Type – i4i.12xlarge
The i4i.12xlarge instance is part of the i4i series, featuring 48 vCPUs and 28125 Megabit of RAM, with Storage Optimized. It is available at a rate of $4.1180/hour.
i4i Family :
Amazon EC2 I4i instances use 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Ice Lake) and deliver the highest local storage performance in Amazon EC2 with AWS Nitro NVMe SSDs.
Features
Equipped with up to 3.5 GHz 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Ice Lake 8375C)
Provides up to 30% better compute price performance compared to I3 instances
Features up to 30 TB of NVMe storage with AWS Nitro SSDs, delivering up to 60% lower storage I/O latency and up to 75% lower storage I/O latency variability compared to I3 instances
Delivers up to 75 Gbps of network bandwidth
Allows up to 40 Gbps of bandwidth to Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Introduces a new instance size (32xlarge) with 128 vCPUs and 1,024 GiB of memory
Supports Elastic Fabric Adapter on the 32xlarge instance size
Provides always-on memory encryption using Intel Total Memory Encryption (TME)
Based on the AWS Nitro System, combining dedicated hardware with a lightweight hypervisor
Supports Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX-512) for enhanced cryptographic algorithm performance
Includes Torn Write Prevention (TWP) to improve performance and reduce latency in database workloads like MySQL and MariaDB
Credits: AWS Resources, Updated At: 2024-08-23
Use Cases
These instances are engineered to maximize transactions per second (TPS) for I/O demanding workloads that need rapid access to small to medium-sized data sets on local storage. This includes transactional databases (MySQL, Oracle DB, Microsoft SQL Server) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Couchbase, Aerospike, Redis). I4i instances are also suitable for workloads requiring high compute performance per terabyte of storage, including data analytics and search engine tasks.
i4i Instance Type Family
| Instances | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) |
|---|---|---|
| i4i.large | 2 | 16 GiB |
| i4i.xlarge | 4 | 32 GiB |
| i4i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 GiB |
| i4i.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| i4i.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB |
| i4i.12xlarge | 48 | 384 GiB |
| i4i.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
| i4i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 GiB |
| i4i.metal | 128 | 1024 GiB |
| i4i.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 GiB |
i4i.12xlarge vs Others
EC2 Instance - i4i.12xlarge Specification
| General | |
|---|---|
| Type | i4i.12xlarge |
| Region | N. Virginia |
| Family Group | I4i |
| Family Category | Storage Optimized |
| Instance Generation | Current |
| Term Type | On-demand |
| Pricing (USD/hr) | $ 4.1180 |
| Compute | |
|---|---|
| vCPU | 48 |
| Memory | 384 GiB |
| Storage | 3 x 3750 NVMe SSD |
| Processor Architecture | 64-bit |
| Operating System | Linux |
| EBS Optimized | NA |
| Tenancy | Shared |
| Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| GPU | NA |
| ECU | 0.0000 |
| Virtualization | HVM |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Network Performance | 28125 Megabit |
| ENA Support | True |
EC2 Instance - i4i.12xlarge Pricing
| Region | Price / Unit | Monthly Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $4.1180 | $3006.14 |
| Oregon | $4.1180 | $3006.14 |
| Stockholm | $4.3030 | $3141.19 |
| Central | $4.5410 | $3314.93 |
| N. California | $4.5410 | $3314.93 |
| Calgary | $4.5410 | $3314.93 |
| Ireland | $4.5410 | $3314.93 |
| Mumbai | $4.6730 | $3411.29 |
| Hyderabad | $4.6730 | $3411.29 |
| Paris | $4.7780 | $3487.94 |
| Milan | $4.7780 | $3487.94 |
| London | $4.7780 | $3487.94 |
| Tokyo | $4.8310 | $3526.63 |
| Seoul | $4.8310 | $3526.63 |
| Osaka | $4.8310 | $3526.63 |
| Frankfurt | $4.9100 | $3584.30 |
| Singapore | $4.9370 | $3604.01 |
| Jakarta | $4.9370 | $3604.01 |
| Sydney | $4.9370 | $3604.01 |
| Melbourne | $4.9370 | $3604.01 |
| UAE | $4.9900 | $3642.70 |
| Bahrain | $4.9900 | $3642.70 |
| Zurich | $5.4010 | $3942.73 |
| Cape Town | $5.4120 | $3950.76 |
| Sao Paulo | $6.5740 | $4799.02 |