Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports M8i and R8i instances. 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 and R8i instances offer up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to equivalent 7th generation Intel-based instances.
To use the new M8i and R8i instances, you can modify your existing RDS database instance or create a new RDS database instance from the RDS Management Console, or using the AWS SDK or CLI.
See Amazon RDS for SQL Server Pricing for up-to-date pricing and regional availability.
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Source: Amazon Web Services
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