Amazon RDS and Aurora expand R8gd and M8gd to additional Regions

Amazon RDS Updates

Amazon RDS now supports R8gd database instances in 12 additional regions and M8gd database instances in 6 additional regions with Optimized Reads for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, RDS for MySQL, and RDS for MariaDB.

R8gd and M8gd instances offer up to 165% better throughput and up to 120% better price-performance over R6g instances for Aurora PostgreSQL. Optimized Reads uses local NVMe-based SSD block storage to store ephemeral data, reducing network storage access and improving query latency.

New Regions for R8gd Instances

• Europe (Ireland)
• Asia Pacific (Seoul)
• Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
• Europe (London)
• US West (N. California)
• Asia Pacific (Sydney)
• Canada (Central)
• Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
• Africa (Cape Town)
• Canada West (Calgary)
• South America (Sao Paulo)
• Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)

New Regions for M8gd Instances

• Europe (Ireland)
• Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
• Europe (London)
• Asia Pacific (Sydney)
• South America (Sao Paulo)
• Canada (Central)

What to do

• Modify existing databases or create new ones using R8gd or M8gd instances through the AWS Management Console, CLI, or SDK.

Source: AWS release notes

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