Alibaba Cloud Instance Types

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The Alibaba Cloud ECS g8i instance family is a general-purpose offering utilizing the innovative CIPU architecture. It features 4th and 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (including Sapphire Rapids and Emerald Rapids) with a CPU-to-memory ratio of 1:4, providing consistent computing performance and a robust I/O engine. These instances offer chip-level security hardening and hardware acceleration for cryptographic and AI workloads (like Intel QAT and Intel AMX). They are suitable for a wide range of enterprise-level applications, including game servers, databases, caches, search clusters, websites, application servers, data analytics, computing, AI training and inference, and audio/video transcoding.

The Alibaba Cloud g9i instance family is a general-purpose instance type utilizing the innovative Cloud Infrastructure Processing Unit (CIPU) architecture and Intel® Xeon® 6 processors with P-cores. These instances offer consistent computing power, a robust I/O engine, and chip-level security hardening. They are designed for a wide range of demanding applications, including game servers, databases, caches, search clusters, web and application servers, and data analytics, providing a 1:4 CPU-to-memory ratio and high network performance.