All news with #aws ec2 tag

🚀 Amazon EC2 C8g instances, powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, are now available in AWS Europe (Paris), AWS Africa (Cape Town), AWS Israel (Tel Aviv), and AWS Canada West (Calgary). These compute-optimized instances deliver up to 30% better performance than Graviton3-based instances and are built on the AWS Nitro System to improve performance and security. C8g offers 12 sizes, including bare metal, enhanced networking up to 50 Gbps, and up to 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth for compute-intensive workloads.

🔧 Amazon announces general availability of Amazon EC2 Storage Optimized I8g instances in AWS Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta). Powered by AWS Graviton4, I8g delivers leading compute for storage-intensive workloads using third-generation AWS Nitro SSDs that improve storage throughput and reduce latency versus I4g. Built on the AWS Nitro System, these instances offer enhanced performance and security for I/O-intensive databases, analytics, and AI preprocessing.

🚀 AWS has launched Storage Optimized Amazon EC2 I7i instances in the Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Israel (Tel Aviv) Regions. Powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs, I7i delivers up to 23% better compute and >10% improved price performance over I4i. These instances offer up to 45TB NVMe, reduced storage latency and variability, torn write prevention for up to 16KB blocks, and up to 100Gbps network bandwidth across multiple sizes.

🚀 AWS CodeDeploy is now available in five additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Mexico (Central). The fully managed deployment service automates application rollouts to Amazon EC2, on-premises servers, AWS Lambda, and Amazon ECS, enabling lower latency and helping meet data residency needs for customers in these regions. CodeDeploy now operates across 34 commercial regions plus AWS GovCloud (US) and the AWS China Regions.

🔧 Starting today, Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids) are available in Europe (Milan). These AWS-exclusive processors deliver up to 15% better performance compared to comparable x86 Intel processors used by other providers. C7i-flex offers improved price-performance—up to 19% better than C6i—and supports sizes from large to 16xlarge for common compute-intensive workloads.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C7i instances, powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids), are now available in Europe (Milan) and Canada West (Calgary). These AWS‑exclusive processors deliver up to 15% better performance than comparable x86 Intel processors used by other cloud providers. C7i instances provide up to 15% improved price-performance versus C6i, larger instance sizes up to 48xlarge, and two bare‑metal sizes with built‑in Intel accelerators for data and compute offload.

🔔 Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Instance Refresh as a CloudFormation update policy. When you set the new AutoScalingInstanceRefresh update policy and change properties that require replacement, CloudFormation will automatically trigger an Instance Refresh. The integration includes features such as replace root volume for in-place updates, launch-before-terminate, alarm-based monitoring, and checkpoints with bake time for controlled rollouts. Rollback is managed through CloudFormation stack rollback, and the capability is available in all AWS Regions at no additional cost.

🛡️ Starting today, Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts support creating Host Resource Groups (HRGs) without requiring Self-Managed Licenses (SMLs). This change benefits customers who use Dedicated Hosts for hardware-level isolation or EC2 Mac Instances, while customers with BYOL needs can still opt to create HRGs with SMLs to restrict AMIs and track license consumption. To create an HRG without an SML, uncheck the "Restrict to AMIs associated with self-managed license" option in the EC2 Console or set instance-launch-option to license-configuration-required via the AWS CLI. The feature is available in all Regions that support Host Resource Groups.

🚀 Amazon Web Services (AWS) now offers Amazon EC2 I8ge instances in Europe (London) and Canada (Central). Powered by AWS Graviton4, these storage-optimized instances deliver up to 60% better compute performance and up to 55% better real-time storage performance per TB versus prior generations. I8ge provides up to 120TB of local NVMe, reduced storage I/O latency, and up to 180 Gbps network bandwidth across eleven sizes.

🔔 Amazon has expanded EC2 High Memory U7i instances to additional regions, adding U7in-16TB in São Paulo and U7in-24TB in Ireland. These 7th-generation instances use custom Intel Sapphire Rapids processors and provide large DDR5 memory footprints of 16 TiB and 24 TiB respectively. Both instance sizes offer 896 vCPUs, up to 100 Gbps Amazon EBS bandwidth, 200 Gbps networking, and ENA Express, targeting in-memory databases and high-throughput transaction workloads.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 C7a instances are available in AWS US West (N. California). Powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC (Genoa) processors with up to 3.7 GHz, C7a delivers up to 50% higher performance than C6a and introduces AVX-512, VNNI, and bfloat16 support. These instances use DDR5 memory with 2.25x more memory bandwidth and come in 12 sizes including bare metal, plus support for up to 128 EBS volumes. Built on the AWS Nitro System, C7a is optimized for compute-intensive workloads and is available via On-Demand, Spot, and Savings Plans.

🚀 Amazon announced general-purpose EC2 M8a instances are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, M8a offers up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus M7a. Instances provide 45% more memory bandwidth, SAP certification, 12 sizes including two bare metal options, and support for Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot purchases.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M8id instances are now available in Europe (Ireland). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, they deliver up to 43% higher compute performance and 3.3x greater memory bandwidth versus M6id. Instances scale to 384 vCPUs, 1.5 TiB memory, and 22.8 TB NVMe SSD, and provide improved I/O and analytics performance with flexible Instance Bandwidth Configuration.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and South America (Sao Paulo). These sixth-generation, network-optimized instances use 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System to deliver up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth—roughly 2x the bandwidth of comparable fifth-generation instances. They support up to 128 vCPUs, 512 GiB memory, up to 100 Gbps EBS bandwidth, 400K IOPS, EFA on select sizes, and up to 7.6 TB of instance storage on M6idn variants.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R6in and R6idn instances are now available in AWS Europe (Paris) and Canada (Central). These sixth-generation, network-optimized instances use 3rd Gen Intel Xeon processors and the AWS Nitro System to deliver up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth, 2x improved bandwidth and packet-processing versus prior generation. They support up to 128 vCPUs, 1024 GiB memory, up to 100 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and offer EFA on select sizes. R6idn adds up to 7.6 TB of high-speed instance storage.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6in instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei). These sixth-generation network-optimized instances, powered by 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System, deliver up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth and up to 100 Gbps Amazon EBS bandwidth with 400K IOPS. C6in instances support up to 128 vCPUs across 10 sizes (including bare metal) and offer EFA on 32xlarge and metal sizes for high-performance networking.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in Europe (Stockholm, Zurich). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, these instances provide up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x the memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based generations. R8i delivers higher performance at large sizes including a new 96xlarge and SAP certification; R8i-flex offers common memory-optimized sizes from large to 16xlarge for workloads that underutilize compute.

🚀 Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon EC2 I8ge instances in AWS GovCloud (US-East, US-West). Powered by AWS Graviton4, these storage-optimized instances provide up to 60% better compute performance versus Graviton2 storage instances and use third-generation AWS Nitro SSDs for improved storage throughput and latency. I8ge offers up to 120 TB local NVMe storage, up to 180 Gbps network bandwidth, and multiple sizes including metal options to support demanding, low-latency workloads.

📣 The Athens Local Zone by AWS is now generally available, offering localized infrastructure in Greece to support data residency and low-latency use cases. It provides EC2 C7i/M7i/R7i instances, Amazon S3 (including One Zone-IA), Amazon EBS with Local Snapshots and multiple volume types, ECS, EKS, VPC, Direct Connect, and Application Load Balancer. Customers can enable the zone (eu-central-1-ath-1a) via AWS Global View or API and use standard AWS pricing models and APIs with no minimum commitment.

🔍 Amazon EC2 now includes the AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Parameter Store names associated with public AMIs directly in the AMI metadata. When you describe a public AMI, the response shows the related public SSM parameter, enabling easier discovery and referencing. This feature simplifies using SSM parameter aliases that resolve to the latest AMI versions and is available in all AWS regions, including China and GovCloud, at no extra cost.