All news with #aws ec2 tag

🚀 Amazon has launched EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances in Africa (Cape Town) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, they deliver up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based instances, and up to 20% higher performance than C7i models. C8i-flex addresses common compute workloads (large–16xlarge), while C8i targets memory-intensive needs with 13 sizes including bare metal and a new 96xlarge.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon Web Services has made EC2 G7e instances, powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, available in Asia Pacific (Seoul) and Europe (Spain). These instances deliver up to 2.3x inference performance versus G6e and support up to eight GPUs (96 GB each), 192 vCPUs, and 1,600 Gbps of networking for demanding LLM, multimodal, and spatial computing workloads. G7e also supports NVIDIA GPUDirect P2P and GPUDirect RDMA with EFA for accelerated multi-GPU and multi-node performance and can be purchased as On-Demand, Spot, or via Savings Plans. Provisioning is available through the AWS Management Console, CLI, and SDKs.

🚀Amazon EC2 R8g instances are now available in AWS Middle East (UAE), AWS Mexico (Central), and AWS Europe (Zurich). Powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, these R8g instances deliver up to 30% better performance compared to Graviton3-based R7g instances and are optimized for memory‑intensive workloads like databases, in‑memory caches, and real‑time analytics. R8g offers 12 sizes (including two bare metal options), scales up to 48xlarge and 1.5 TB of memory, and provides enhanced networking (up to 50 Gbps) and up to 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth. AWS also recommends migration support via the Graviton Fast Start program and Porting Advisor to help move workloads to Graviton4.

🚀 AWS has made EC2 I8ge instances available in the Europe (Ireland) region to support large storage I/O–intensive workloads. Powered by 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (3.2 GHz all-core turbo) and 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs, I8ge offers up to 40% better compute and up to 65% improved real-time storage performance versus prior I3en instances. These instances deliver up to 120 TB local NVMe, reduced I/O latency and variability, a 16 KB torn write prevention feature for database workloads, eleven sizes including two metal options, and up to 180 Gbps network with 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth; customers can launch via the AWS Console, CLI, or SDKs.

⚙️ Amazon EC2 M8g instances are now available in Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Europe (Milan, Zurich), and Canada West (Calgary). Built on the AWS Graviton4 processors and the AWS Nitro System, M8g delivers up to 30% better performance versus Graviton3 and provides larger sizes with up to 3x more vCPUs and memory. The family includes 12 sizes (two bare metal) with up to 50 Gbps networking and 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth, targeting general-purpose workloads and migrations to Graviton.

🔧 EC2 Image Builder now supports wildcard patterns in lifecycle policies so teams can apply retention and cleanup rules across multiple image recipes with a single policy. The console also simplifies IAM role creation by pre-populating required default permissions for lifecycle management. These enhancements reduce manual configuration, lower the risk of misconfiguration, and make it easier to scale image lifecycle operations as new recipes are added. Lifecycle Policies are available in all commercial AWS regions.

🔔 Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) Managed Instances now integrate with Amazon EC2 Capacity Reservations, letting you apply reserved capacity to managed EC2 compute while ECS handles infrastructure. Configure capacity providers with capacityOptionType=reserved and choose reservation preferences — reservations-only, reservations-first, or reservations-excluded — to balance predictability and cost. Available in all regions and configurable via Console, CLI, CloudFormation, or SDKs.

🖥️ Amazon expanded availability of EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances to US West (N. California), Europe (Paris), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), and South America (Sao Paulo). These instances run on custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS and deliver higher performance and memory bandwidth than comparable Intel-based cloud processors. AWS reports up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x memory bandwidth versus the prior Intel-based generation, with workload-specific gains over M7i up to 20–60%. M8i-flex targets common general-purpose sizes while M8i supports larger, SAP-certified and bare-metal configurations.

🚀 Amazon Web Services announced general availability of the Amazon EC2 I8g.metal-48xl storage-optimized instances powered by AWS Graviton4. These instances pair third-generation Nitro NVMe SSDs with the AWS Nitro System to deliver up to 60% better compute and up to 65% better real-time storage performance per TB, while reducing storage I/O latency and variability. They target I/O-intensive, low-latency workloads such as transactional databases, NoSQL engines, and real-time analytics, and offer large memory and local storage configurations.

🚀 The Amazon EC2 R7a instances are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region, expanding capacity for general-purpose workloads. Powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC (Genoa) processors with up to 3.7 GHz, R7a delivers up to 50% higher performance versus R6a. Instances are offered as Savings Plans, Reserved, On-Demand, and Spot and can be launched via the AWS Console, CLI, or SDKs.

🚀 Amazon Web Services announced that Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) and South America (Sao Paulo) regions. Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, these instances deliver up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based generations. AWS highlights up to 20% higher performance relative to C7i variants and specific workload gains—up to 60% for NGINX and 40% for AI recommendation models. Customers can purchase instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand, or Spot and start from the AWS Management Console.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C7i and C7i-flex instances are now available in the Africa (Cape Town) region. These instances run on custom 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids) exclusive to AWS and deliver up to 15% better performance versus comparable x86-based Intel instances on other clouds. C7i-flex provides common sizes from large to 16xlarge and targets partially utilized workloads with up to 19% improved price-performance versus C6i. C7i also offers larger and bare-metal sizes that expose Intel accelerators to offload data operations and cryptographic tasks.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has launched general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances in the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region. Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (Turin) with up to 4.5 GHz and the sixth-generation AWS Nitro Cards, M8a delivers up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus M7a. These instances provide 45% more memory bandwidth, SAP certification, 12 sizes including two bare-metal options, and significant benchmark gains for GroovyJVM and Cassandra. Customers can purchase via Savings Plans, On-Demand, or Spot.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon EC2 I7ie instances in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) region. Designed for high-density, storage-optimized workloads, these instances use 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and provide up to 120 TB of local NVMe storage, up to twice the vCPUs and memory versus prior generations, and up to 100 Gbps networking. With 3rd-generation AWS Nitro SSDs, I7ie delivers notably improved storage performance and lower, more consistent latency compared with I3en.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has expanded availability of M8i-flex instances to Asia Pacific (Malaysia, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt) and Canada (Central). These instances use AWS-exclusive custom Intel Xeon 6 processors and deliver up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x the memory bandwidth versus previous Intel-based generations. AWS reports up to 20% higher overall performance compared with M7i-flex, with workload-specific gains—up to 60% for NGINX, 30% for PostgreSQL, and up to 40% for AI recommendation models. To launch instances, sign in to the AWS Management Console.

🚀Amazon Web Services has launched the compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C8a instances in the Europe (Frankfurt) and Europe (Ireland) regions. Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors at up to 4.5 GHz, C8a delivers up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus C7a. The family offers 33% more memory bandwidth, up to 57% faster GroovyJVM performance, and 12 sizes including two bare-metal options, making it well suited for latency-sensitive and compute-intensive workloads.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M7i instances powered by AWS-custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon (Sapphire Rapids) are now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. These AWS‑exclusive processors deliver up to 15% better performance versus comparable x86 Intel processors and up to 15% improved price-performance compared to M6i. M7i offers sizes up to 48xlarge plus bare-metal options (metal-24xl, metal-48xl) with built-in Intel accelerators — suitable for gaming servers, CPU-based ML, and high-throughput video streaming.

🖥️ Amazon Web Services now allows customers to run nested virtual machines inside virtual Amazon EC2 instances, enabling KVM and Hyper‑V stacks on non‑bare‑metal hosts. This expands prior capability that was limited to bare metal instances and supports use cases such as mobile emulators, in‑vehicle hardware simulation, and Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows workstations. The feature is available on C8i, M8i, and R8i in all commercial regions; see the EC2 nested virtualization documentation for enabling hardware virtualization extensions.

🔔 Amazon Web Services expanded availability of its EC2 High Memory U7i instances to additional regions, adding U7i-6tb.112xlarge in South America (São Paulo) and Europe (Milan), U7i-12tb.224xlarge in AWS GovCloud (US‑East), and U7in-16tb.224xlarge in Europe (London). These 7th-generation instances are powered by custom 4th-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids) and offer DDR5 memory up to 16 TiB with ENA Express support. Network and EBS performance scales to support up to 100 Gbps for most sizes and up to 200 Gbps on the 16 TiB variant, targeting mission-critical in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.

⚙️ AWS now supports the latest x86 Amazon EC2 instance families — C8i, M8i, and R8i — on second-generation AWS Outposts racks. These instances use custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS and offer about 20% better performance, 2.5× more memory bandwidth, and 20% more compute capacity versus the prior C7i, M7i, and R7i models within the same rack footprint. They are aimed at on-premises workloads such as larger databases, memory-intensive applications, real-time analytics, high-performance video encoding, and CPU-based edge ML inference.