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m4.xlarge

EC2 Instance

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m4.xlarge

instance

Previous generation general-purpose instance with 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB memory. Balanced resources for a wide range of applications.

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m4.xlarge

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Spot Pricing Details for

m4.xlarge

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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

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m4.xlarge

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Operating Systems Supported by

m4.xlarge

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m4.xlarge

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Benchmark Test Results for

m4.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	237.7MB
AES-256 CBC	168.6MB
MD5	1.3GB
SHA256	646.3MB
SHA512	873.2MB

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	3162	3161
Average	3121	3120
Deviation	32.9	33.75
Min	3090	3088

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

m4.xlarge

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yeah, but even if it is a random second cpu you might end up on one where another user is using the other thread at 100%. so i guess if you are lucky m4 might perform the same.

5 years ago