AWS previews EC2 C8ine instances

Amazon EC2 C8ine Instances Preview

AWS has launched the preview of Amazon EC2 C8ine instances, powered by custom sixth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Granite Rapids) and the latest AWS Nitro v6 card. These instances are designed for dataplane packet processing workloads.

Key improvements include:

• Packet Performance: Up to 2.5 times higher per vCPU compared to prior generation C6in instances.
• Network Bandwidth: Up to 2x higher through internet gateways.
• Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs): Up to 3x more compared to existing C6in network optimized instances.

These instances are ideal for workloads such as security virtual appliances, firewalls, load balancers, DDoS protection systems, and Telco 5G UPF applications.

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Source: AWS release notes

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