Amazon Redshift adds rg.large and rg.12xlarge instance sizes

Amazon Redshift New Instance Sizes

Amazon Redshift has introduced two new RG instance sizes: rg.large and rg.12xlarge. These instances offer Graviton-powered performance benefits, including up to 2.4x faster query performance compared to previous-generation RA3 instances at 30% lower price per vCPU.

These new sizes are available on the current track (P202) only. Customers on the trailing track (P201) can continue using rg.xlarge and rg.4xlarge. Existing RA3 clusters can migrate to RG instances using Snapshot and Restore, Elastic Resize, or Classic Resize. RG instances are available with flexible pricing options, including On-Demand, and 1-year and 3-year Reserved Instances with No Upfront payment.

Available Regions

• US East (N. Virginia)
• US East (Ohio)
• US West (Oregon)
• US West (N. California)
• Canada (Central)
• Mexico (Central)
• South America (São Paulo)
• Europe (Ireland)
• Europe (Frankfurt)
• Europe (London)
• Europe (Paris)
• Europe (Stockholm)
• Europe (Spain)
• Africa (Cape Town)
• Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
• Asia Pacific (Seoul)
• Asia Pacific (Singapore)
• Asia Pacific (Sydney)
• Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
• Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
• Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
• Asia Pacific (Osaka)
• Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
• Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
• Asia Pacific (Taiwan)
• Asia Pacific (Thailand)
• Asia Pacific (Melbourne)

What to do

• Refer to the Amazon Redshift node types documentation.
• Follow the RA3 to RG upgrade guide.
• Check the Amazon Redshift cluster versions.
• Review the Amazon Redshift pricing.

Source: AWS release notes

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