An in-depth look at VMware Cloud on AWS hosts
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This is a single page intended to collate every single feature of the current VMware Cloud on AWS hosts for easy comparison.
All of this data is publicly available. I have just collated it into a single page. For more on running VMware Cloud on AWS, see my post on Time Sync in a VMC environment.
VMware Cloud on AWS Host Comparison
| I3.metal (END OF LIFE) | I3en.metal | I4i.metal | i7i.metal-24xl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||||
| Processor Name | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | Intel Xeon 8375c | Intel Xeon 8559c |
| No of Physical Cores | 36 | 48 | 64 | 48 |
| Hyperthreading | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Base Clock | 2.3GHz | 2.5 GHz | 2.9 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Clock | N/A | 3.1 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 4.0 GHz |
| Processor Family | Broadwell | Skylake | Ice Lake | Emerald Rapids |
| Custom Core Count | 8 16 36 | 8 16 24 30 36 48 | 8 16 24 30 36 48 64 | 8 16 24 30 36 |
| Memory | ||||
| Capacity GiB | 512 | 768 | 1024 | 768 |
| Memory Speed | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-3200 | DDR5-5600 |
| Networking | ||||
| Network Adaptor Speed Gb/s | 25 | 100 | 75 | 56.25 |
| Hardware Network Encryption in Transit | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Storage | ||||
| Physical Drives | 8×1900 | 8×7500 | 8×3570 | 6×3750 |
| vSAN OSA Cache Disk | 2 | 4* | 2 | 2 |
| vSAN OSA Capacity Disk | 6 | 28* | 6 | 4 |
| vSAN Compression | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| vSAN Deduplication | Yes | No | No | No |
| vSAN OSA Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| vSAN ESA Support | No | No | Yes | Yes |
*I3en is using NVMe namespace to split the 8 physical disks into 32 NVMe namespaces.
Please note the I3.metal instance is no longer available to purchase from Broadcom but is still part of the running fleet for existing customers.
