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a1.medium

AWS EC2 instance a1.medium with 1 vCPU and 2 GiB of memory. Available in 9 regions starting from $18.61 per month.
Instance Typea1.medium
Instance FamilyGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
medium – Size
vCPUs1
Memory2 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz
Accelerators
GPUno
Inference Acceleratorno
FPGAno
Instances
Sizesa1.medium, a1.large, a1.xlarge, a1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.metal
Free Tierno
Burstableno
Hibernationno
Instance StorageEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput37.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyes
Max Interfaces2
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4
IPv6 Supportyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportno
Encryption in Transit Supportno
ENA SRD Supportno

Regional Availability

US
GovCloud (US-East) / us-gov-east-1
GovCloud (US-West) / us-gov-west-1
US East (Ohio) / us-east-2
US East (Virginia) / us-east-1
US West (N. California) / us-west-1
US West (Oregon) / us-west-2
Canada
Canada (Central) / ca-central-1
Canada West (Calgary) / ca-west-1
Europe
Europe (Ireland) / eu-west-1
Europe (London) / eu-west-2
Europe (Frankfurt) / eu-central-1
Europe (Milan) / eu-south-1
Europe (Paris) / eu-west-3
Europe (Spain) / eu-south-2
Europe (Stockholm) / eu-north-1
Europe (Zurich) / eu-central-2
Africa
Africa (Cape Town) / af-south-1
South America
South America (São Paulo) / sa-east-1
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) / ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) / ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) / ap-southeast-3
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) / ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) / ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Osaka) / ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Seoul) / ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Singapore) / ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Sydney) / ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) / ap-northeast-1
Israel
Israel (Tel Aviv) / il-central-1
Middle East
Middle East (Bahrain) / me-south-1
Middle East (UAE) / me-central-1

Regional Prices

Geography
Region Name
Region
Savings Options
Instance Price
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1compare0.0255
HiddenHiddenhidden-1compare0.0255
USUS East (Virginia)us-east-1compare0.0255
USUS East (Ohio)us-east-2compare0.0255
HiddenHiddenhidden-2compare0.0288
HiddenHiddenhidden-3compare0.0291
HiddenHiddenhidden-4compare0.0294
HiddenHiddenhidden-5compare0.0321
HiddenHiddenhidden-6compare0.0333
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