AWS Dedicated Hosts
AWS Dedicated Hosts is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) service that provides physical servers dedicated for a single customer's use. It allows users to run Amazon EC2 instances on isolated hardware, offering visibility and control over the underlying server infrastructure. This service is designed for compliance, licensing, and regulatory requirements where multi-tenancy is not permitted.
Developers should use AWS Dedicated Hosts when they need to meet strict compliance or licensing requirements, such as for software with per-socket or per-core licensing models (e.g., Windows Server, SQL Server). It is also essential for workloads that require isolation from other AWS customers due to regulatory mandates, like in healthcare or financial services. This service provides cost savings by allowing the use of existing server-bound software licenses.