All news with #aws ec2 tag

🔁 Amazon EC2 now accepts Availability Zone ID (AZ ID) as a parameter in its APIs, enabling creation and management of instances, volumes, subnets and other resources using consistent, static zone identifiers. AZ IDs map to the same physical location across all AWS accounts, removing the need to reconcile per-account AZ names. This capability covers launch templates, fleets, reserved instances, volumes, capacity reservations, VPC endpoints, network interfaces, fast snapshot restore, instance connect and more, and is available in all regions including China and AWS GovCloud (US).

🚀 Amazon Web Services has launched the compute-optimized EC2 C8a instances in the Europe (Spain) region. Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors running up to 4.5 GHz, C8a offers up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus C7a, plus 33% greater memory bandwidth. Available in 12 sizes (including two bare-metal options), they target high-performance, latency-sensitive workloads and support Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot purchasing.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has expanded EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances to Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and South America (Sao Paulo). These memory-optimized instances run on custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, delivering up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based instances. R8i offers 13 sizes including two bare-metal options and a new 96xlarge for the largest workloads, while R8i-flex provides common sizes (large to 16xlarge) for cost-efficient memory-heavy applications. Instances are available via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot.

⚠️ Amazon's GuardDuty team is tracking an ongoing cryptomining campaign that uses compromised Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to abuse EC2 and ECS resources. The attacker deployed an yenik65958/secret Docker Hub image containing the SBRMiner-MULTI miner and configured large ECS tasks and auto-scaling EC2 groups to maximize mining. The actor also enabled instance termination protection to hinder remediation; Amazon has removed the malicious image, alerted affected customers, and recommends rotating compromised IAM credentials while following GuardDuty mitigation guidance.

🚀 AWS announced the general availability of the new Amazon EC2 M8gn and M8gb instances powered by AWS Graviton4. M8gn targets network‑intensive workloads and provides up to 600 Gbps of networking bandwidth with 6th‑generation Nitro Cards, while M8gb focuses on high block‑storage throughput with up to 150 Gbps of EBS bandwidth. Both families offer up to 768 GiB of memory, large instance sizes, and EFA support on selected sizes; initial availability is in US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon).

🚀 Amazon EC2 C8g instances are now available in AWS Europe (Zurich). Powered by Graviton4 processors, C8g delivers up to 30% better performance versus Graviton3 and offers up to 3x more vCPUs and memory than prior C7g sizes. Built on the AWS Nitro System, these instances provide enhanced performance, security, and networking (up to 50 Gbps) for compute‑intensive workloads. Twelve sizes, including two bare‑metal options, support HPC, gaming, video encoding, CPU inference, and analytics.

⚡Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling introduces the new LaunchInstances API, a synchronous operation that provides immediate feedback on capacity availability when provisioning instances inside an Auto Scaling group. Customers can specify placement overrides for any Availability Zone or subnet to control where capacity is launched. The call returns real-time insight so operators can implement alternative strategies if capacity is constrained, and it also supports optional asynchronous retries to help reach desired capacity. The feature is available in all AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions at no additional cost beyond standard EC2 and EBS usage.

🚀 AWS has expanded availability of Graviton4-based Amazon EC2 C8g, M8g, and R8g instances to AWS GovCloud (US-West and US-East). These instances run on AWS Graviton4 processors and the AWS Nitro System, delivering up to 30% better performance versus Graviton3 and larger instance sizes with up to 3x vCPUs and memory. Enhanced networking and EBS bandwidth support high-throughput workloads.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 R8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4 are available in AWS Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad). These memory-optimized instances deliver up to 30% better performance compared to Graviton3-based R7g instances and offer larger sizes—up to 48xlarge and 1.5 TB of memory. R8g provides up to 50 Gbps enhanced networking and up to 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and is built on the AWS Nitro System to improve performance and platform-level security; it is ideal for databases, in-memory caches, and real-time big data analytics.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M8g instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand, Jakarta, Melbourne) and AWS Middle East (UAE) regions. Powered by AWS Graviton4, they deliver up to 30% better performance compared to Graviton3-based instances and offer larger sizes with up to 3× more vCPUs and memory than M7g. M8g provides up to 50 Gbps enhanced networking and up to 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth across 12 instance sizes, including two bare metal options. Built on the AWS Nitro System, these general-purpose instances target application servers, microservices, gaming servers, midsize data stores, and caching fleets.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) region, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors built exclusively for AWS. These instances provide up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x the memory bandwidth compared with previous Intel-based EC2 generations, and up to 20% higher performance versus C7i instances. AWS highlights workload-specific improvements — up to 60% faster for NGINX, 40% for deep learning recommendation models, and 35% for Memcached — and positions C8i-flex for many compute-intensive, partially utilized workloads while C8i targets memory-intensive, sustained-CPU use with sizes up to a new 96xlarge and two bare-metal variants. Instances can be purchased On-Demand, via Savings Plans, or Spot.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has expanded availability of EC2 M8i instances to Asia Pacific (Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore) and Canada (Central). Powered by AWS-exclusive Intel Xeon 6 processors, M8i offers up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x memory bandwidth versus prior Intel-based instances, and up to 20% higher performance than M7i. These SAP-certified general purpose instances include 13 sizes, two bare-metal options, and a new 96xlarge for the largest workloads.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has launched EC2 M8i-flex instances in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. These instances use custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, delivering up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x the memory bandwidth versus previous-generation Intel-based instances. Compared with M7i-flex, M8i-flex delivers up to 20% higher performance overall and substantially larger gains for targeted workloads such as PostgreSQL, NGINX web serving, and AI recommendation models. They are offered in common general-purpose sizes from large to 16xlarge and are positioned as a first choice for applications that do not fully utilize all compute resources.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M7a instances are now available in the AWS Europe (London) Region. Powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC (Genoa) processors with up to 3.7 GHz, these general-purpose instances deliver up to 50% higher performance compared to M6a instances. M7a is offered across purchase models (Savings Plans, Reserved, On-Demand, Spot) and can be launched via the AWS Management Console, CLI, or SDKs. With London added, M7a is available in multiple global regions including US East (Ohio, N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Sydney, Tokyo), and several other European regions.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has made memory-optimized Amazon EC2 X2iedn instances available in the AWS Europe (Zurich) region. These instances use 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System to deliver improved performance, better price performance, and lower cost per GiB of memory versus prior X1e instances. They are SAP-certified for a broad set of HANA and NetWeaver workloads.

🚀 Amazon Web Services now offers memory-optimized EC2 X2iedn instances in the Asia Pacific (Thailand) region, powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System. These instances target memory-intensive workloads and promise improved performance, superior price-performance, and lower cost per GiB of memory versus prior X1e instances. They are SAP-certified for Business Suite on HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW and related HANA solutions, enabling enterprise in-region deployments and analytics.

🌐 AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) now supports IPv6 for both service communication and application migrations. Organizations can use dual-stack service endpoints that handle IPv4 and IPv6, replicate data over either protocol, and preserve network connections and security during migration. During testing and cutover you can launch target servers in IPv4, IPv6, or dual-stack configurations. This capability is available in Regions that support AWS MGN and Amazon EC2 dual-stack endpoints.

🔔 Amazon Web Services has expanded availability of its High Memory U7i instances to additional regions: Frankfurt now supports the 24TiB u7in-24tb.224xlarge, Mumbai supports the 16TiB u7in-16tb.224xlarge, and Paris supports the 6TiB u7i-6tb.112xlarge. These instances use custom 4th‑generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids) and DDR5 memory, offering up to 896 vCPUs, up to 200Gbps networking, 100Gbps EBS throughput, and ENA Express. They target mission‑critical in‑memory databases such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has made Storage Optimized EC2 I7i instances available in Asia Pacific (Singapore, Jakarta) and Europe (Stockholm). Powered by 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (3.2 GHz all‑core turbo) and 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs, I7i delivers up to 23% better compute and over 10% improved price performance versus I4i, plus up to 45 TB NVMe with significant gains in real‑time storage performance and lower latency. The family spans eleven sizes (nine virtual up to 48xlarge, two bare metal), offers up to 100 Gbps network and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and includes a torn write prevention feature supporting 16 KB block sizes.

🔔 Starting today, AWS has made C7i EC2 instances available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. These instances use custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) processors and deliver up to 15% better price-performance versus C6i, with sizes up to 48xlarge and two bare-metal options. Features include Intel AMX support, built-in accelerators and the ability to attach up to 128 EBS volumes to scale and speed compute-intensive workloads.