If you ever complain that R is slow because it stores it in RAM , well here is a whole lot of RAM for you.
From-
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2013/12/amazon-ec2-new-i2-instance-type-available-now.html
The Specs
Here are the instance sizes and the associated specs:
| Instance Name | vCPU Count | RAM |
Instance Storage (SSD) | Price/Hour |
| i2.xlarge | 4 | 30.5 GiB | 1 x 800 GB | $0.85 |
| i2.2xlarge | 8 | 61 GiB | 2 x 800 GB | $1.71 |
| i2.4xlarge | 16 | 122 GiB | 4 x 800 GB | $3.41 |
| i2.8xlarge | 32 | 244 GiB | 8 x 800 GB | $6.82 |
This leaves these guys way behind
https://cloud.google.com/products/compute-engine/
High Memory
Machines for tasks that require more memory relative to virtual cores
| Instance type | Virtual Cores | Memory | Price (US$)/Hour (US hosted) |
Price (US$)/Hour (Europe hosted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n1-highmem-2 | 2 | 13GB | $0.244 | $0.275 |
| n1-highmem-4 | 4 | 26GB | $0.488 | $0.549 |
| n1-highmem-8 | 8 | 52GB | $0.975 | $1.098 |
| n1-highmem-16 | 16 | 104GB | $1.951 | $2.196 |
DECISION STATS 