Supported Instance Types

Vertica supports a range of Amazon Web Services (AWS) instance types, each optimized for different purposes. Choose the instance type that best matches your performance and price needs as a user:

Optimization Type
General Purpose

m4.4xlarge

m4.10xlarge

Compute

c3.4xlarge

c3.8xlarge

c4.4xlarge

c4.8xlarge

Memory

r3.4xlarge

r3.8xlarge

r4.4xlarge

r4.8xlarge

r4.16xlarge

Storage

(supports ephemeral storage)

i2.4xlarge

i2.8xlarge

Dense-storage

(supports ephemeral storage)

d2.4xlarge

d2.8xlarge

Note: Data stored on the ephemeral drives of a storage-optimized instance exists only while that instance is powered on. After powering off a storage-optimized system, data on ephemeral drives is lost.

More Information

For more information about Amazon cluster instances and their limitations, see the Amazon documentation.