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Amazon Aurora and RDS now support AMD-based R8a instances

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This article announces support for R8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors in Amazon Aurora and RDS.

  • Each vCPU corresponds to a physical CPU core for consistent per-core performance
  • R8a instances offer up to 75 Gbps network bandwidth and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth for high I/O workloads
  • Built on AWS Nitro System with sixth-generation Nitro Cards
  • Supported for Aurora PostgreSQL, Aurora MySQL, RDS PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB
  • Available in US East, US West, Canada, Asia Pacific, and Europe regions
  • Launch via RDS Management Console or AWS CLI

R8a instances expand database workload options with improved performance and bandwidth capabilities across multiple AWS regions.

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