AWS

m3.medium

EC2 Instance

About the

m3.medium

instance

Previous generation general-purpose instance with 1 vCPU and 3.75 GiB memory. SSD-backed for better performance than M1 instances.

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Pricing of

m3.medium

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On Demand

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Spot

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1 Yr Reserved

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3 Yr Reserved

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Spot Pricing Details for

m3.medium

Here's the latest prices for this instance across this region:

Availability Zone	Current Spot Price (USD)

Frequency of Interruptions: n/a

Frequency of interruption represents the rate at which Spot has reclaimed capacity during the trailing month. They are in ranges of < 5%, 5-10%, 10-15%, 15-20% and >20%.

Last Updated On: December 17, 2024

Compute features of

m3.medium

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Storage features of

m3.medium

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Networking features of

m3.medium

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Operating Systems Supported by

m3.medium

Operating System	Supported

Security features of

m3.medium

Feature	Supported

General Information about

m3.medium

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Benchmark Test Results for

m3.medium

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	30046	Average
Average	Deviation	0
Deviation	30046	N/A
Min	N/A	N/A

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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Community Insights for

m3.medium