The cache.r3.large is a aws elasticache instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for elasticache workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Memory | 13.5 GiB |
| Networking | Value |
| Network Performance | Moderate |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | No |
| Instance Type | cache.r3.large |
| Family | Memory optimized |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| cache.r3.2xlarge | NA | NA |
| cache.r3.4xlarge | 16 | 118 |
| cache.r3.8xlarge | NA | NA |
| cache.r3.large | 2 | 13 |
| cache.r3.xlarge | 4 | 28 |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| cache.m2.xlarge | N/A | N/A |

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