Amazon Aurora and RDS now support AMD-based R8a instances

Amazon Aurora and RDS R8a Instances

Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS now support R8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors, enhancing performance for database workloads.

• Performance: Each vCPU corresponds to a physical CPU core, delivering consistent per-core performance.
• Network Bandwidth: Up to 75 Gbps of network bandwidth and 60 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth for high I/O workloads.
• Regions: Available in US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Taipei), and Europe (Ireland, Frankfurt, Spain).
• Supported Engines: Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition, Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition, RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB.

What to do

• Get started via the Amazon RDS Management Console or AWS CLI.
• Check supported engine versions in the Aurora and RDS documentation.
• Review pricing on the Amazon RDS pricing page and Amazon Aurora pricing page.

Source: AWS release notes

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