hs1.8xlarge
**Upgrade HS1 to D2 where possible, do not use for new applications** Powered by Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell) processors, D2 instances offer more compute power and higher clock frequency, more than twice the memory, EC2 Enhanced Networking, and more storage options than compared to HS1 instances.
The hs1.8xlarge is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 16 |
| Memory | 117 GiB |
| Physical Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2650 |
| Clock Speed | 2 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| GPU Memory | NA |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | 10 Gigabit |
| Enhanced Networking | No |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | 24 x 2000 HDD |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | No |
| Instance Type | hs1.8xlarge |
| Family | Storage optimized |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| hs1.8xlarge | 16 | 117 |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| r8a.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| i8g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| r8gb.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| r8g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| r8gd.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
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