db.m8a.16xlarge

The db.m8a.16xlarge instance is a General purpose instance with 64 vCPUs and 256GB of memory starting at $6.8768 per hour.

Pricing

$6.877

On Demand

N/A

1-Year Reserved

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Family Sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)
db.m8a.large28
db.m8a.xlarge416
db.m8a.2xlarge432
db.m8a.4xlarge864
db.m8a.8xlarge16128
db.m8a.12xlarge24192
db.m8a.16xlarge64256
db.m8a.24xlarge96384
db.m8a.48xlarge192768

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Instance Variants

Variant
m8a
m8g
m8gd
m8i

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Instance Details

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Memory (GiB)256
Physical Processor5th Generation AMD EPYC
CPU Architecturex86
StorageValue
EBS Optimized
true
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS20000
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS2500
Max I/O operations/second IOPS80000
Baseline Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS20000
Baseline Throughput (MB/s) on EBS2500
Baseline I/O operations/second IOPS80000
NetworkingValue
Network Performance (Gibps)30000 Mbps
AmazonValue
Generation
current
Instance Typedb.m8a.16xlarge
FamilyGeneral purpose
NameM8A 16xlarge Extra Large
Normalization Factor128
Database EnginesValue
MariaDB10.5 - 12.3
MySQL8.4
PostgreSQL14 - 18
SQL Server Enterprise2017 - 2022
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