EC2 Instance Type – r7a.medium
The r7a.medium instance is part of the r7a series, featuring 1 vCPUs and Up to 12500 Megabit of RAM, with Memory Optimized. It is available at a rate of $0.0761/hour.
r7a Family :
Amazon EC2 R7a instances, featuring 4th generation AMD EPYC processors, offer up to 50% greater performance than R6a instances.
Features
Equipped with up to 3.7 GHz 4th generation AMD EPYC processors (AMD EPYC 9R14)
Provides up to 50 Gbps networking bandwidth
Delivers up to 40 Gbps bandwidth to Amazon EBS
Includes instance sizes with up to 192 vCPUs and 1,536 GiB of memory
Certified for SAP applications
Operates on the AWS Nitro System, integrating dedicated hardware with a lightweight hypervisor
Features continuous memory encryption using AMD secure memory encryption (SME)
Supports advanced processor features such as AVX3-512, VNNI, and bfloat16
Credits: AWS Resources, Updated At: 2024-08-23
Use Cases
Applications that demand high memory, like open-source databases, in-memory caches, and real-time big data analysis.
r7a Instance Type Family
| Instances | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) |
|---|---|---|
| r7a.medium | 1 | 8 GiB |
| r7a.large | 2 | 16 GiB |
| r7a.xlarge | 4 | 32 GiB |
| r7a.2xlarge | 8 | 64 GiB |
| r7a.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| r7a.8xlarge | 32 | 256 GiB |
| r7a.12xlarge | 48 | 384 GiB |
| r7a.16xlarge | 64 | 512 GiB |
| r7a.24xlarge | 96 | 768 GiB |
| r7a.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 GiB |
| r7a.metal-48xl | 192 | 1536 GiB |
| r7a.48xlarge | 192 | 1536 GiB |
r7a.medium vs Others
EC2 Instance - r7a.medium Specification
| General | |
|---|---|
| Type | r7a.medium |
| Region | N. Virginia |
| Family Group | R7a |
| Family Category | Memory Optimized |
| Instance Generation | Current |
| Term Type | On-demand |
| Pricing (USD/hr) | $ 0.0761 |
| Compute | |
|---|---|
| vCPU | 1 |
| Memory | 8 GiB |
| Storage | EBS only |
| Processor Architecture | 64-bit |
| Operating System | Linux |
| EBS Optimized | NA |
| Tenancy | Shared |
| Clock Speed | Up to 3.7 GHz |
| GPU | NA |
| ECU | 0.0000 |
| Virtualization | HVM |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Network Performance | Up to 12500 Megabit |
| ENA Support | True |
EC2 Instance - r7a.medium Pricing
| Region | Price / Unit | Monthly Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $0.0761 | $55.54 |
| Ohio | $0.0761 | $55.54 |
| Oregon | $0.0761 | $55.54 |
| Oregon | $0.0761 | $55.54 |
| Stockholm | $0.0809 | $59.06 |
| Stockholm | $0.0809 | $59.06 |
| Ireland | $0.0851 | $62.14 |
| Ireland | $0.0851 | $62.14 |
| Spain | $0.0851 | $62.14 |
| Spain | $0.0851 | $62.14 |
| Tokyo | $0.0918 | $66.99 |
| Tokyo | $0.0918 | $66.99 |
| Frankfurt | $0.0918 | $66.99 |
| Frankfurt | $0.0918 | $66.99 |