m2.xlarge vs d3.xlarge
| m2.xlarge | d3.xlarge |
| Memory optimized | Storage optimized |
| Obsolete. Not recommended for use Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends. m – Multi purpose 2 – Generation xlarge – Size | Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications. d – Disk / storage optimized 3 – Generation xlarge – Size |
| 2 | 4 |
| 17.1 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon Family | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) |
| 3.1 GHz | |
| 1 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| m2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarge | d3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge |
| m1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge | d2.xlarge, d3.xlarge |
| d3en.xlarge | |
| db.m2.xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 6.5 | |
| 1 x 420 SSD | 3 x 2000 HDD |
| unsupported | default |
| supported | supported |
| unsupported | required |
| up to 2800 MBps | |
| 850 Mbps | |
| 106.25 Mbps | |
| 5000 IOPS | |
| 15000 IOPS | |
| 2800 Mbps | |
| 350 Mbps | |
| Moderate | Up to 15 Gigabit |
| no | yes |
| 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 3 |
| 3 | |
| no | yes |
| unsupported | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 2.14x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | m2.xlarge | d3.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | 0.2750 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2750 | 0.5240 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.6580 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.7240 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.7240 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2870 | 0.5500 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2930 | 0.5980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2960 | 0.6090 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2960 | 0.6260 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.3230 | 0.6260 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.6400 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.6400 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.6400 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.4990 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.2450 | 0.4990 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.2450 | 0.4990 |