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Elastic Compute Service:Instance families with local SSDs

Last Updated:Jul 21, 2023

This topic describes the features of Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance families equipped with local SSDs and lists the instance types of each instance family.

Overview

Instances equipped with local SSDs provide high I/O performance. They are suitable for scenarios that place high demands on storage I/O performance and require a high availability architecture at the application layer. For example, they are suitable for NoSQL databases, massively parallel processing (MPP) data warehouses, and distributed file systems.

Instances equipped with local SSDs are suitable for enterprises that provide online services such as online gaming, e-commerce, live video streaming, and media. These instances can satisfy the requirements that I/O-intensive applications have for low latency and high I/O performance of block storage devices.

Instances equipped with local SSDs have the following characteristics:

  • Deliver up to hundreds of thousands of low-latency random read/write IOPS for large databases.

  • Offer a maximum sequential read/write throughput of several gibibytes per second in big data, parallel computing, and other large dataset scenarios.

  • Use local Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSDs to deliver hundreds of thousands of random read/write IOPS with single-digit microsecond latency.

When you use instances equipped with local SSDs, take note of the following items:

  • Instances equipped with local SSDs do not support instance configuration changes or failovers.

  • Local disks can be tied only to specific instance types. The number and capacity of local disks attached to an instance vary based on the instance type. You cannot separately purchase local disks, or detach local disks from instances and then attach the disks to other instances.

  • You cannot create snapshots for local disks. If you want to create an image from the system disk and data disks of an instance equipped with local SSDs, we recommend that you create an image by combining the snapshots of both the system disk and data disks. In this case, the data disks must be cloud disks.

  • You cannot create images that consist of system disk snapshots and data disk snapshots based on instances equipped with local SSDs.

  • You can attach a standard SSD to an instance equipped with local SSDs and extend the capacity of the standard SSD.

  • Operations on an instance equipped with local SSDs may affect the data stored on the local SSDs. For more information, see the "Impacts of instance operations on data stored on local disks" section in Local disks.

i3g, instance family with local SSDs

Features:

  • This instance family is equipped with high-performance local NVMe SSDs that deliver high IOPS, high I/O throughput, and low latency.

  • Compute:

    • Offers a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:4, which is designed for high-performance databases.

    • Uses 2.5 GHz Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8269CY (Cascade Lake) processors that deliver a turbo frequency of 3.2 GHz for consistent computing performance.

  • Storage:

    • Is an instance family in which all instances are I/O optimized.

    • Supports only enhanced SSDs (ESSDs).

  • Network:

    • Supports IPv6.

    • Provides high network performance based on large computing capacity.

  • Supported scenarios:

    • Online transaction processing (OLTP) and high-performance relational databases

    • NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, and HBase

    • Search scenarios that use solutions such as Elasticsearch

Instance types

Instance type

vCPUs

Memory size (GiB)

Local storage (GiB)

Baseline bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Burstable bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Packet forwarding rate

Connections

NIC queues

ENIs

Private IP addresses per ENI

Disk IOPS

Disk bandwidth (Gbit/s)

ecs.i3g.2xlarge

8

32

1 * 480

3

10

1,750,000

250,000

8

4

15

52,500

2

ecs.i3g.4xlarge

16

64

1 * 960

5

10

3,500,000

300,000

8

8

15

84,000

3

ecs.i3g.8xlarge

32

128

2 * 960

12

None

7,000,000

600,000

8

8

30

157,500

5

ecs.i3g.13xlarge

52

192

3 * 960

16

None

12,000,000

900,000

16

8

30

252,000

8

ecs.i3g.26xlarge

104

384

6 * 960

32

None

24,000,000

1,800,000

32

15

30

500,000

16

Note
  • You can go to the ECS Instance Types Available for Each Region page to view the instance types available in each region.
  • This instance family supports only Linux images. When you create an instance of this instance family, you must select a Linux image.

  • For more information about these specifications, see the "Instance type specifications" section in Overview of instance families.

  • For information about the performance metrics of local SSDs, see Local disks.

i3, instance family with local SSDs

Features:

  • This instance family is equipped with high-performance local NVMe SSDs that deliver high IOPS, high I/O throughput, and low latency, and allows damaged disks to be isolated online.

  • Compute:

    • Uses 2.5 GHz Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8269CY (Cascade Lake) processors that deliver a turbo frequency of 3.2 GHz for consistent computing performance.

  • Storage:

    • Is an instance family in which all instances are I/O optimized.

    • Supports ESSDs, standard SSDs, and ultra disks.

  • Network:

    • Supports IPv6.

    • Provides high network performance based on large computing capacity.

  • Supported scenarios:

    • OLTP and high-performance relational databases

    • NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and MongoDB

    • Search scenarios that use solutions such as Elasticsearch

Instance types

Instance type

vCPUs

Memory size (GiB)

Local storage (GiB)

Baseline bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Burstable bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Packet forwarding rate

Connections

NIC queues

ENIs

Private IP addresses per ENI

Disk IOPS

Disk bandwidth (Gbit/s)

ecs.i3.xlarge

4

32

1 * 960

1.5

10

1,000,000

250,000

4

4

15

40,000

1.5

ecs.i3.2xlarge

8

64

1 * 1920

2.5

10

1,600,000

250,000

8

4

15

50,000

2

ecs.i3.4xlarge

16

128

2 * 1920

5

10

3,000,000

300,000

8

8

30

80,000

3

ecs.i3.8xlarge

32

256

4 * 1920

10

None

6,000,000

600,000

16

8

30

150,000

5

ecs.i3.13xlarge

52

384

6 * 1920

16

None

9,000,000

900,000

32

7

30

240,000

8

ecs.i3.26xlarge

104

768

12 * 1920

32

None

24,000,000

1,800,000

32

15

30

480,000

16

Note
  • You can go to the ECS Instance Types Available for Each Region page to view the instance types available in each region.
  • This instance family supports only Linux images. When you create an instance of this instance family, you must select a Linux image.

  • For more information about these specifications, see the "Instance type specifications" section in Overview of instance families.

  • For information about the performance metrics of local SSDs, see Local disks.

i2, instance family with local SSDs

Features:

  • This instance family is equipped with high-performance local NVMe SSDs that deliver high IOPS, high I/O throughput, and low latency.

  • Compute:

    • Offers a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:8, which is designed for high-performance databases.

    • Uses 2.5 GHz Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8163 (Skylake) processors.

  • Storage:

    • Is an instance family in which all instances are I/O optimized.

    • Supports standard SSDs and ultra disks.

  • Network:

    • Supports IPv6.

    • Provides high network performance based on large computing capacity.

  • Supported scenarios:

    • OLTP and high-performance relational databases

    • NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, and HBase

    • Search scenarios that use solutions such as Elasticsearch

Instance types

Instance type

vCPUs

Memory size (GiB)

Local storage (GiB)

Bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Packet forwarding rate

NIC queues

ENIs

Private IP addresses per ENI

Disk bandwidth (Gbit/s)

ecs.i2.xlarge

4

32

1 * 894

1

500,000

2

3

10

Up to 16

ecs.i2.2xlarge

8

64

1 * 1788

2

1,000,000

2

4

10

Up to 16

ecs.i2.4xlarge

16

128

2 * 1788

3

1,500,000

4

8

20

Up to 16

ecs.i2.8xlarge

32

256

4 * 1788

6

2,000,000

8

8

20

Up to 16

ecs.i2.16xlarge

64

512

8 * 1788

10

4,000,000

16

8

20

Up to 16

Note

i2g, instance family with local SSDs

Features:

  • This instance family is equipped with high-performance local NVMe SSDs that deliver high IOPS, high I/O throughput, and low latency.

  • Compute:

    • Offers a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:4, which is designed for high-performance databases.

    • Uses 2.5 GHz Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8163 (Skylake) processors.

  • Storage:

    • Is an instance family in which all instances are I/O optimized.

    • Supports standard SSDs and ultra disks.

  • Network:

    • Provides high network performance based on large computing capacity.

  • Supported scenarios:

    • OLTP and high-performance relational databases

    • NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, and HBase

    • Search scenarios that use solutions such as Elasticsearch

Instance types

Instance type

vCPUs

Memory size (GiB)

Local storage (GiB)

Bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Packet forwarding rate

NIC queues

ENIs

Private IP addresses per ENI

ecs.i2g.2xlarge

8

32

1 * 894

2

1,000,000

2

4

10

ecs.i2g.4xlarge

16

64

1 * 1788

3

1,500,000

4

8

20

ecs.i2g.8xlarge

32

128

2 * 1788

6

2,000,000

8

8

20

ecs.i2g.16xlarge

64

256

4 * 1788

10

4,000,000

16

8

20

Note

i2ne, instance family with local SSDs

Features:

  • This instance family is equipped with high-performance local NVMe SSDs that deliver high IOPS, high I/O throughput, and low latency.

  • Compute:

    • Offers a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:8, which is designed for high-performance databases.

    • Uses 2.5 GHz Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8163 (Skylake) processors.

  • Storage:

    • Is an instance family in which all instances are I/O optimized.

    • Supports standard SSDs and ultra disks.

  • Network:

    • Supports IPv6.

    • Provides high network performance based on large computing capacity.

    • Provides a network bandwidth of up to 20 Gbit/s.

  • Supported scenarios:

    • OLTP and high-performance relational databases

    • NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, and HBase

    • Search scenarios that use solutions such as Elasticsearch

Instance types

Instance type

vCPUs

Memory size (GiB)

Local storage (GiB)

Bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Packet forwarding rate

NIC queues

ENIs

Private IP addresses per ENI

Baseline bandwidth of the cloud disk (Gbit/s)

ecs.i2ne.xlarge

4

32

1 * 894

1.5

500,000

2

3

10

Up to 16

ecs.i2ne.2xlarge

8

64

1 * 1788

2.5

1,000,000

2

4

10

Up to 16

ecs.i2ne.4xlarge

16

128

2 * 1788

5

1,500,000

4

8

20

Up to 16

ecs.i2ne.8xlarge

32

256

4 * 1788

10

2,000,000

8

8

20

Up to 16

ecs.i2ne.16xlarge

64

512

8 * 1788

20

4,000,000

16

8

20

Up to 16

Note

i2gne, instance family with local SSDs

Features:

  • This instance family is equipped with high-performance local NVMe SSDs that deliver high IOPS, high I/O throughput, and low latency.

  • Compute:

    • Offers a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:4, which is designed for high-performance databases.

    • Uses 2.5 GHz Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8163 (Skylake) processors.

  • Storage:

    • Is an instance family in which all instances are I/O optimized.

    • Supports standard SSDs and ultra disks.

  • Network:

    • Provides high network performance based on large computing capacity.

    • Provides a network bandwidth of up to 20 Gbit/s.

  • Supported scenarios:

    • OLTP and high-performance relational databases

    • NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, and HBase

    • Search scenarios that use solutions such as Elasticsearch

Instance types

Instance type

vCPUs

Memory size (GiB)

Local storage (GiB)

Bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Packet forwarding rate

NIC queues

ENIs

Private IP addresses per ENI

ecs.i2gne.2xlarge

8

32

1 * 894

2.5

1,000,000

2

4

10

ecs.i2gne.4xlarge

16

64

1 * 1788

5

1,500,000

4

8

20

ecs.i2gne.8xlarge

32

128

2 * 1788

10

2,000,000

8

8

20

ecs.i2gne.16xlarge

64

256

4 * 1788

20

4,000,000

16

8

20

Note

i1, instance family with local SSDs

Features:

  • This instance family is equipped with high-performance local NVMe SSDs that deliver high IOPS, high I/O throughput, and low latency.

  • Compute:

    • Offers a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:4, which is designed for high-performance databases.

    • Uses 2.5 GHz Intel® Xeon® E5-2682 v4 (Broadwell) processors.

  • Storage:

    • Is an instance family in which all instances are I/O optimized.

    • Supports standard SSDs and ultra disks.

  • Network:

    • Provides high network performance based on large computing capacity.

  • Supported scenarios:

    • OLTP and high-performance relational databases

    • NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and MongoDB

    • Search scenarios that use solutions such as Elasticsearch

Instance types

Instance type

vCPUs

Memory size (GiB)

Local storage (GiB)

Bandwidth (Gbit/s)

Packet forwarding rate

NIC queues

ENIs

Private IP addresses per ENI

ecs.i1.xlarge

4

16

2 * 104

0.8

200,000

1

3

10

ecs.i1.2xlarge

8

32

2 * 208

1.5

400,000

1

4

10

ecs.i1.3xlarge

12

48

2 * 312

2

400,000

1

6

10

ecs.i1.4xlarge

16

64

2 * 416

3

500,000

2

8

20

ecs.i1-c5d1.4xlarge

16

64

2 * 1456

3

400,000

2

8

20

ecs.i1.6xlarge

24

96

2 * 624

4.5

600,000

2

8

20

ecs.i1.8xlarge

32

128

2 * 832

6

800,000

3

8

20

ecs.i1-c10d1.8xlarge

32

128

2 * 1456

6

800,000

3

8

20

ecs.i1.14xlarge

56

224

2 * 1456

10

1,200,000

4

8

20

Note