This article introduces larger environment sizes (XL and 2XL) for Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA), a managed service that streamlines the setup and operation of Apache Airflow environments for orchestrating data pipelines in the cloud.

Specifically, the article covers:

• Current challenges with resource constraints in existing Amazon MWAA environment sizes for running complex, resource-intensive workloads or a high volume of Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)
• The capabilities of the new XL and 2XL environment classes, offering 2x and 4x more compute and 3x and 6x more memory respectively compared to the large environment size
• Pricing considerations for the new environment classes
• Guidance on observing Amazon MWAA performance metrics to identify resource bottlenecks and plan for upgrading to larger environment sizes
• Steps to set up a new XL or 2XL environment or upgrade an existing environment
• Conclusion highlighting the benefits of the larger environment sizes for running more complex and resource-intensive Apache Airflow workloads