Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts provide a dedicated physical server for your use, allowing you to run EC2 instances while leveraging existing software licenses, which can lead to cost savings. They are particularly beneficial for meeting compliance and regulatory requirements, as they offer greater visibility and control over instance placement on specific physical servers.
Key features include:
- **Cost Savings**: Utilize existing software licenses tied to physical cores or sockets, reducing licensing costs.
- **Compliance**: Enhanced control over instance placement helps meet corporate compliance needs.
- **Instance Placement Controls**: Choose specific Dedicated Hosts for your instances or allow automatic placement.
- **Affinity**: Maintain instance placement on the same Dedicated Host even after restarts, which is useful for licensing requirements.
- **Visibility**: Access to information about sockets and cores to manage server-bound software licenses.
- **Multiple Instance Size Support**: Run various instance sizes within the same family to optimize resource utilization.
- **License Usage Reporting**: Use Amazon Config for tracking instance activity and license compliance.
For more details, visit the
Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts page.