Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The M8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver up to 20% better performance than M7i-flex instances, with even higher gains for specific workloads. The M8i-flex instances are up to 30% faster for PostgreSQL databases, up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, and up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models compared to M7i-flex instances.
M8i-flex instances are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of general-purpose workloads like web and application servers, microservices, small and medium data stores, virtual desktops, and enterprise applications. They offer the most common sizes, from large to 16xlarge, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources.
To get started, sign in to the AWS Management Console. For more information about the new instances, visit the M8i-flex instance page or visit the AWS News blog.
Categories: marketing:marchitecture/compute,general:products/amazon-ec2
Source: Amazon Web Services


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