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c5d.xlarge

EC2 Instance

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c5d.xlarge

instance

Compute-optimized instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory, and 1x100GB NVMe SSD. Good for applications requiring local scratch space.

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Spot Pricing Details for

c5d.xlarge

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Last Updated On: December 17, 2024

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c5d.xlarge

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c5d.xlarge

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Benchmark Test Results for

c5d.xlarge

CPU Encryption Speed Benchmarks

Cloud Mercato tested CPU performance using a range of encryption speed tests:

Encryption Algorithm	Speed (1024 Block Size, 3 threads)
AES-128 CBC	N/A
AES-256 CBC	N/A
MD5	N/A
SHA256	N/A
SHA512	N/A

I/O Performance

Cloud Mercato's tested the I/O performance of this instance using a 100GB General Purpose SSD. Below are the results:

	Read	Write
Max	3049	3048
Average	3042	3040
Deviation	7.09	7.16
Min	3031	3024

I/O rate testing is conducted with local and block storages attached to the instance. Cloud Mercato uses the well-known open-source tool FIO. To express IOPS the following parametersare used: 4K block, random access, no filesystem (except for write access with root volume and avoidance of cache and buffer.

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Just did a quick test. It booted up in about 11s vs around 19s for Xen. I did notice that it took a while for the status check to go green though. There was a warning message saying that it couldn't connect to the instance. I was able to SSH just fine though.

2017-07-11 00:00:00

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If you have a compute-intensive application ‚Äî maybe scientific modelling, intensive machine learning, or multiplayer gaming ‚Äî these instances are a good choice.

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The c5 instance type has a high ratio of compute/CPU versus memory. If you have a compute-intensive application ‚Äî maybe scientific modelling, intensive machine learning, or multiplayer gaming ‚Äî these instances are a good choice.

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You may find useful new EC2 instance family equipped with local NVMe storage: **C5d**. See announcement blog post:

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You may find useful new EC2 instance family equipped with local NVMe storage: **C5d**. See announcement blog post:

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