Amazon EC2 M8a instances now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region

Amazon EC2 M8a Instances Now Available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region

Starting today, the general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances are available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. These instances are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, delivering up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance compared to M7a instances.

M8a instances offer 45% more memory bandwidth than M7a instances, making them ideal for latency-sensitive workloads. They provide up to 60% faster performance for GroovyJVM benchmarks and up to 39% faster performance for Cassandra benchmarks compared to M7a instances. These instances are SAP-certified and come in 12 sizes, including 2 bare metal sizes, allowing customers to match their workload requirements precisely.

Built with the latest sixth-generation AWS Nitro Cards, M8a instances are ideal for high-performance and high-throughput applications such as financial applications, gaming, rendering, application servers, simulation modeling, mid-size data stores, application development environments, and caching fleets.

What to do

• Sign in to the AWS Management Console.
• Purchase M8a instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, or Spot instances.
• Visit the Amazon EC2 M8a instance page for more information.

Source: AWS release notes

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