Introducing Amazon EC2 M5d Instances

Posted on: Jun 4, 2018

Amazon EC2 M5d instances deliver M5 instances backed by NVMe-based SSD block level instance storage physically connected to the host server. M5d instances are ideal for workloads that require a balance of compute and memory resources along with high-speed, low latency local block storage including data logging and media processing. M5d will be beneficial for applications including those that need temporary storage of data for scratch space, temporary files, and caches. With the option of NVMe-based SSD instance storage, M5 customers now have additional storage choices for their general-purpose workloads.

Amazon EC2 M5d instances are available in the US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), and Europe (Ireland) AWS Regions. These instances are available in 6 sizes, with 2, 4, 8, 16, 48, and 96 vCPUs and provide up to 3600 GB of NVMe based SSD instance storage. Amazon EC2 M5d instances are purchasable as On-Demand, Reserved or Spot Instances.

To get started, visit the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), and AWS SDKs. To learn more, visit the Amazon EC2 M5 instance page.