Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in additional AWS regions
Regional Expansion
This article announces the expansion of Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances to three additional AWS regions.
- R8i and R8i-flex instances now available in Sydney, Canada Central, and US West N. California
- Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS
- Offer 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth than previous generation
- Deliver 20% higher performance than R7i instances
- Up to 30% faster for PostgreSQL, 60% faster for NGINX, 40% faster for AI models
- R8i-flex targets memory-intensive workloads with common sizes (large to 16xlarge)
- R8i offers 13 sizes including new 96xlarge and bare metal options
- R8i instances SAP-certified with highest aSAPS performance for mission-critical workloads
- Available via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot instances
R8i and R8i-flex instances provide enhanced performance and memory bandwidth for memory-intensive workloads across additional regions.
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