Storage Optimized instance profiles - Gen 2

The storage optimized family of 2nd generation virtual server profiles are built atop the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. These profiles provide a broad set of capabilities and scale from 2 vCPUs (1 physical core) up to 128 vCPUs (64 physical cores).

Operating Systems

Linux
Windows

Processor Generation

Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable processors
- Intel Xeon Gold 6248
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

Availability

Status: Generally available

Regions:

Americas
- Toronto (ca-tor)
- Dallas (us-south)
- Washington DC (us-east)
Europe
- Frankfurt (eu-de)
- London (eu-gb)
- Madrid (eu-es)
Asia Pacific
- Sydney (au-syd)
- Osaka (jp-osa)
- Tokyo (jp-tok)

Capabilities

Core type: Dedicated
Dedicated host: Yes
Hyperthreading: Yes (SMT-2)
Secure boot: No
Confidential computing: No
Live migration: Yes
Instance storage: Yes

VM Configuration

Hardware type: i440fx
Cloud networking: virtio
Block boot volume: virtio
- Exception: vscsi for Windows-based virtual server instances
Block data volumes: virtio
Instance storage: virtio

Instance profiles

Storage optimized instance profile options, Gen 2 Intel
Profile	vCPUs / Cores	Memory (GiB)	Bandwidth cap (Gbps)	Instance storage (Qty x GB)
ox2-2x16	2 / 1	16	4	1 x 600 GB
ox2-4x32	4 / 2	32	8	1 x 1.2 TB
ox2-8x64	8 / 4	64	16	2 x 1.2 TB
ox2-16x128	16 / 8	128	32	2 x 2.4 TB
ox2-32x256	32 / 16	256	64	3 x 3.2 TB
ox2-64x512	64 / 32	512	80	6 x 3.2 TB
ox2-96x768	96 / 48	768	80	9 x 3.2 TB
ox2-128x1024	128 / 64	1024	80	12 x 3.2 TB

Limits

An instance has a limit for the number of volumes and virtual network interfaces that can be attached. This limit is based on the size of the instance.

Storage optimized profile family limits for vCPU, maximum volumes, and maximum network interfaces
Number of vCPUs	Max volumes	Max vNICs
2-16	15	5
17-48	15	10
49+	15	15