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Amazon RDS now supports io2 Block Express volumes for mission-critical database workloads

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This article discusses the availability of Provisioned IOPS (PIOPS) io2 Block Express storage volumes for all database engines in Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS). Specifically, the article covers:

  • Lower latency and higher availability for I/O intensive workloads
  • Key features and performance metrics of io2 Block Express volumes
  • How to get started with io2 Block Express volumes in Amazon RDS
  • Things to know about io2 Block Express volumes
  • Availability and pricing of io2 Block Express volumes


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