EC2 Instance Type – r6g.xlarge
The r6g.xlarge instance is part of the r6g series, featuring 4 vCPUs and Up to 10 Gigabit of RAM, with Memory Optimized. It is available at a rate of $0.2016/hour.
r6g Family :
Amazon EC2 R6g instances, driven by Arm-based AWS Graviton2 processors, provide up to 40% improved price-performance compared to the latest R5 instances for memory-heavy applications.
Features
Utilizes the AWS Graviton2 Processor with 64-bit Arm Neoverse cores
Provides Enhanced Networking with network bandwidth up to 25 Gbps
Automatically optimized for EBS
Operates on the AWS Nitro System, combining dedicated hardware with a lightweight hypervisor
R6gd instances feature locally attached NVMe SSDs for block-level storage, tied to the instance's lifetime
Credits: AWS Resources, Updated At: 2024-08-23
Use Cases
Memory-heavy tasks including SAP, SQL, and NoSQL databases, large-scale distributed in-memory caches such as Memcached and Redis, in-memory databases like SAP HANA, and real-time big data analytics platforms like Hadoop and Spark.
r6g Instance Type Family
| Instances | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) |
|---|---|---|
| r6g.medium | 1 | 8 GiB |
| r6g.large | 2 | 16 GiB |
| r6g.xlarge | 4 | 32 GiB |
| r6g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 GiB |
| r6g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| r6g.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB |
| r6g.12xlarge | 48 | 384 GiB |
| r6g.metal | 64 | 512 GiB |
| r6g.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
| r6gd.medium | 1 | 8 GiB |
| r6gd.large | 2 | 16 GiB |
| r6gd.xlarge | 4 | 32 GiB |
| r6gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 GiB |
| r6gd.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| r6gd.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB |
| r6gd.12xlarge | 48 | 384 GiB |
| r6gd.metal | 64 | 512 GiB |
| r6gd.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
r6g.xlarge vs Others
EC2 Instance - r6g.xlarge Specification
| General | |
|---|---|
| Type | r6g.xlarge |
| Region | N. Virginia |
| Family Group | R6g |
| Family Category | Memory Optimized |
| Instance Generation | Current |
| Term Type | On-demand |
| Pricing (USD/hr) | $ 0.2016 |
| Compute | |
|---|---|
| vCPU | 4 |
| Memory | 32 GiB |
| Storage | EBS only |
| Processor Architecture | 64-bit |
| Operating System | Linux |
| EBS Optimized | NA |
| Tenancy | Shared |
| Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| GPU | NA |
| ECU | 0.0000 |
| Virtualization | HVM |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Network Performance | Up to 10 Gigabit |
| ENA Support | True |
EC2 Instance - r6g.xlarge Pricing
| Region | Price / Unit | Monthly Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad | $0.1300 | $94.90 |
| Mumbai | $0.1300 | $94.90 |
| Oregon | $0.2016 | $147.17 |
| Ohio | $0.2016 | $147.17 |
| Stockholm | $0.2140 | $156.22 |
| Central | $0.2208 | $161.18 |
| Calgary | $0.2208 | $161.18 |
| Ireland | $0.2256 | $164.69 |
| Paris | $0.2360 | $172.28 |
| Milan | $0.2368 | $172.86 |
| London | $0.2368 | $172.86 |
| Tel Aviv | $0.2369 | $172.94 |
| Sydney | $0.2416 | $176.37 |
| Melbourne | $0.2416 | $176.37 |
| Jakarta | $0.2432 | $177.54 |
| Osaka | $0.2432 | $177.54 |
| Frankfurt | $0.2432 | $177.54 |
| Singapore | $0.2432 | $177.54 |
| Tokyo | $0.2432 | $177.54 |
| Seoul | $0.2440 | $178.12 |
| Bahrain | $0.2482 | $181.19 |
| UAE | $0.2482 | $181.19 |
| Zurich | $0.2675 | $195.28 |
| Cape Town | $0.2688 | $196.22 |
| Sao Paulo | $0.3216 | $234.77 |