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General purpose

General purpose instances are suitable for a wide range of workloads, offering a balanced distribution of CPU and RAM resources. They are ideal for common computing scenarios such as web servers, small to medium-sized databases, application servers, and development/test environments.

  • Applicable types: m3az, m2a, m1ie, t1i

m3az

The m3az instance uses the latest 4th-generation AMD EPYC 9004 series processors. It supports high turbo clock speeds of up to 3.95GHz. Designed for single-threaded CPU environments, this instance type is optimized for workloads like certain HPC applications that operate on a single-threaded CPU.

Hardware specifications
  • Up to 4.1GHz 4th-generation AMD EPYC processor (AMD EPYC 9474F Genoa)
  • Up to 12.5Gbps network bandwidth
  • Instance sizes supporting high-performance vCPUs mapped 1:1 to up to 32 physical CPUs and 128GiB of memory
Details
Instance sizevCPUMemory (GiB)Network bandwidth (Gbps)
m3az.large28up to 10
m3az.xlarge416up to 10
m3az.2xlarge832up to 10
m3az.4xlarge1664up to 10
m3az.6xlarge249612.5
m3az.8xlarge3212812.5
NUMA topology

In Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture, each CPU can access its own local memory. By allowing multiple processors to share memory, NUMA architecture ensures high scalability.

The m3az instance has the following NUMA topology based on instance size:

Instance sizeNUMA domain countDefault cores per NUMA
m3az.large12
m3az.xlarge14
m3az.2xlarge18
m3az.4xlarge116
m3az.6xlarge124
m3az.8xlarge132
NUMA topology architecture
m3az.large

Image. m3az.large NUMA topology

m3az.xlarge

Image. m3az.xlarge NUMA topology

m3az.2xlarge

Image. m3az.2xlarge NUMA topology

m3az.4xlarge

Image. m3az.4xlarge NUMA topology

m3az.6xlarge

Image. m3az.6xlarge NUMA topology

m3az.8xlarge

Image. m3az.8xlarge NUMA topology

m2a

The m2a instance uses the 3rd-generation AMD EPYC 7000 series processors. It supports an all-core turbo clock speed of up to 3.6GHz and is designed for workloads that do not require full computing capacity at all times. This enables users to optimize configuration based on cost and performance.

Hardware specifications
  • Up to 3.6GHz 3rd-generation AMD EPYC processor (AMD EPYC 7643)
  • Up to 25Gbps network bandwidth
  • Instance sizes supporting up to 96 vCPUs and 384GiB of memory
  • Supports AMD instruction sets (AVX, AVX2)
Details
Instance sizevCPUMemory (GiB)Network bandwidth (Gbps)
m2a.large28up to 10
m2a.xlarge416up to 10
m2a.2xlarge832up to 10
m2a.4xlarge1664up to 10
m2a.8xlarge32128up to 10
m2a.12xlarge4819212.5
m2a.16xlarge6425612.5
m2a.24xlarge9638425
NUMA topology

The m2a instance has the following NUMA topology based on instance size:

Instance sizeNUMA domain countDefault cores per NUMA
m2a.large11
m2a.xlarge12
m2a.2xlarge14
m2a.4xlarge18
m2a.8xlarge28
m2a.12xlarge212
m2a.16xlarge216
m2a.24xlarge224
NUMA topology architecture
m2a.large

Image. m2a.large NUMA topology

m2a.xlarge

Image. m2a.xlarge NUMA topology

m2a.2xlarge

Image. m2a.2xlarge NUMA topology

m2a.4xlarge

Image. m2a.4xlarge NUMA topology

m2a.8xlarge

Image. m2a.8xlarge NUMA topology

m2a.12xlarge

Image. m2a.12xlarge NUMA topology

m2a.16xlarge

Image. m2a.16xlarge NUMA topology

m2a.24xlarge

Image. m2a.24xlarge NUMA topology

m1ie

The m1ie instance uses 2nd-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and supports a base clock speed of 2.2GHz. This instance type offers a balanced mix of compute, memory, and network resources, and supports larger-than-standard storage capacities, making it ideal for storage-intensive applications.

Hardware specifications
  • Up to 4.0GHz 2nd-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor (Gold 5220R Cascade Lake)
  • Up to 50Gbps network bandwidth
  • Instance sizes supporting up to 96 vCPUs and 512GiB of memory
  • Supports up to 8TB of local disk capacity
Details
Instance sizevCPUMemory (GiB)Network bandwidth (Gbps)Storage or local disk size (TB)
m1ie.baremetal96512508

t1i

The t1i instance is a next-generation burstable general purpose instance that balances compute, memory, and network resources. It is suitable for applications with moderate CPU usage and occasional usage spikes.
For more details on burstable instances, refer to Burstable instances.

caution

Ensure the instance size meets the minimum memory requirements of your OS and application. For Windows OS, most instances must be at least micro-sized.

Hardware specifications
  • Up to 3.9GHz 2nd-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor (Cascade Lake 5220 or Skylake 5120)
  • Up to 5Gbps network bandwidth
  • Instance sizes supporting up to 8 vCPUs and 32GiB of memory
  • Supports Intel instruction sets (AVX, AVX2, AVX-512)
  • Provides baseline CPU performance for standard workloads
  • Burst CPU performance managed via credits
Details
Instance sizevCPUMemory (GiB)Network bandwidth (Gbps)CPU credits/hourCredit cap (24h)Baseline usage/vCPU
t1i.nano20.5up to 561445%
t1i.micro21up to 51228810%
t1i.small22up to 52457620%
t1i.medium24up to 52457620%
t1i.large28up to 53686430%
t1i.xlarge416up to 596230440%
t1i.2xlarge832up to 5192460840%