AWS Instance Types for UK Biobank
Finding Available Instance Types
A list of instance types to which you have access is available via the command-line interface (CLI), by entering the command dx run --instance-type-help. When using the user interface (UI) to configure a tool to run an analysis, you can see this list in the settings pane when you are running your analysis.
Instance Types and their Compute/ Storage
DNAnexus Instance Type
vCPUs
Memory (GiB)
Storage (GiB)
mem1_ssd1_v2_x2
2
4
50
mem1_ssd1_v2_x4
4
8
100
mem1_ssd1_v2_x8
8
16
200
mem1_ssd1_v2_x16
16
32
400
mem1_ssd1_v2_x36
36
72
900
mem1_ssd1_v2_x72 *
72
144
1800
mem1_ssd2_v2_x2
2
4
159
mem1_ssd2_v2_x4
4
8
318
mem1_ssd2_v2_x8
8
16
639
mem1_hdd1_v2_x4
4
8
400
mem1_hdd1_v2_x8
8
16
800
mem1_hdd1_v2_x16
16
32
1600
mem1_hdd1_v2_x36
36
72
3600
mem1_hdd1_v2_x72 *
72
144
7200
mem1_hdd1_v2_x96 *
96
192
9600
mem1_hdd1_x2
2
3.75
200
mem1_hdd1_x4
4
7.5
400
mem1_hdd1_x8
8
15
800
mem1_hdd1_x16
16
30
1600
mem1_hdd1_x36
36
60
3600
mem2_hdd2_v2_x2
2
8
1000
mem2_hdd2_v2_x4
4
16
2000
mem2_ssd1_v2_x2
2
8
75
mem2_ssd1_v2_x4
4
16
150
mem2_ssd1_v2_x8
8
32
300
mem2_ssd1_v2_x16
16
64
600
mem2_ssd1_v2_x32
32
128
1200
mem2_ssd1_v2_x48
48
192
1800
mem2_ssd1_v2_x64 *
64
256
2400
mem2_ssd1_v2_x96 *
96
384
3600
mem2_ssd2_v2_x2
2
8
160
mem2_ssd2_v2_x4
4
16
320
mem2_ssd2_v2_x8
8
32
640
mem2_ssd2_v2_x16
16
64
1280
mem2_ssd2_v2_x32
32
128
2560
mem2_ssd2_v2_x48
48
192
3840
mem2_ssd2_v2_x64 *
64
256
5120
mem2_ssd2_v2_x96 *
96
384
7480
mem2_ssd2_x2
2
8
160
mem2_ssd2_x4
4
16
320
mem2_ssd2_x8
8
32
640
mem2_ssd2_x16
16
64
1280
mem2_ssd2_x40
40
160
3200
mem2_ssd2_x64 *
64
256
5120
mem3_hdd2_v2_x2
2
16
500
mem3_hdd2_v2_x4
4
32
1000
mem3_hdd2_v2_x8
8
64
2000
mem3_ssd1_v2_x2
2
16
75
mem3_ssd1_v2_x4
4
32
150
mem3_ssd1_v2_x8
8
64
300
mem3_ssd1_v2_x16
16
128
600
mem3_ssd1_v2_x32
32
256
1200
mem3_ssd1_v2_x48
48
384
1800
mem3_ssd1_v2_x64 *
64
512
2400
mem3_ssd1_v2_x96 *
96
768
3600
mem3_ssd2_v2_x2
2
15.25
475
mem3_ssd2_v2_x4
4
30.5
950
mem3_ssd2_v2_x8
8
61
1900
mem3_ssd2_v2_x16
16
122
3800
mem3_ssd2_v2_x32
32
244
7600
mem3_ssd2_v2_x64 *
64
488
15200
mem3_ssd3_x2
2
16
1250
mem3_ssd3_x4
4
32
2500
mem3_ssd3_x8
8
64
5000
mem3_ssd3_x12
12
96
7500
mem3_ssd3_x24
24
192
15000
mem3_ssd3_x48
48
384
30000
mem3_ssd3_x96 *
96
768
60000
mem4_ssd1_x128 *
128
1952
3840
* - These high memory instance types are expensive, use them with caution.
GPU Instances
DNAnexus Instance Type
GPUs
CPUs
Memory (GiB)
Storage (GiB)
mem2_ssd1_gpu_x16
1
16
64
225
mem2_ssd1_gpu1_x32
1
32
128
900
mem2_ssd1_gpu1_x64
1
64
256
900
mem2_ssd1_gpu4_x48
4
48
192
900
mem2_ssd2_gpu1_x16
1
16
64
600
mem2_ssd2_gpu1_x32
1
32
128
900
mem2_ssd2_gpu1_x4
1
4
16
250
mem2_ssd2_gpu1_x64
1
64
256
1900
mem2_ssd2_gpu1_x8
1
8
32
450
mem2_ssd2_gpu4_x48
4
48
192
3800
mem2_ssd2_gpu4_x96
4
96
384
3800
mem2_ssd2_gpu8_x192
8
192
768
7600
mem3_ssd1_gpu_x32
4
32
244
640
mem3_ssd1_gpu_x64
8
64
488
1280
mem3_ssd1_gpu_x8
1
8
61
160
Dragen Instances
Mem3_ssd2_dragen_fpga1_x16 is expected to be used for running the DRAGEN app (dragen_germline_ukb).
DNAnexus Instance Type
vCPUs
Memory (GiB)
Storage (GiB)
mem3_ssd2_dragen_fpga1_x16†
16
244
940
For details relating to the cost of these instance types, please see the Platform rate card for detailed information on rates for data storage, data egress, and use of compute resources.
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