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C8id and M8id Instances Now Available in Sydney and Mumbai!

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Hello, it's Shiichan! I've got another update from AWS What's New about local-storage instances today.

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What was announced?

According to AWS What's New, C8id (compute-optimized) and M8id (balanced) instances, both with up to 22.8 TB of local NVMe SSD block storage, are now available in new regions:

  • C8id: Asia Pacific (Sydney), Canada (Central)
  • M8id: Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Canada (Central)

Both families are built for workloads that can take advantage of fast local storage.

The story so far

C8id and M8id were already available in other regions, just not the ones above. In regions where the previous-generation C6id and M6id had been the go-to choice, plenty of users were waiting for the newer generation to arrive.

What changes

  • C8id is a good fit for compute-intensive workloads like video encoding, image manipulation, and other media processing
  • M8id suits workloads that need a balance of compute and memory, such as data logging, media processing, and medium-sized data stores

You can now pick compute-heavy or balanced instances depending on your workload, while still getting the latest generation's local storage performance.

Dive Deep

Compared to the previous-generation C6id and M6id:

  • vCPUs, memory, and local storage: 3x across the board
  • Compute performance: up to 43% higher
  • Memory bandwidth: up to 3.3x
  • I/O-intensive database workloads: up to 46% higher
  • Real-time data analytics query speed: up to 30% faster

The 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48xl sizes support Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking. EC2 instance bandwidth weighting configuration also lets you adjust network and Amazon EBS bandwidth allocation in 25% increments. You can purchase via Savings Plans, On-Demand, or Spot.

Wrap-up

  • C8id is now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Canada (Central); M8id in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Canada (Central)
  • 3x vCPUs/memory/storage vs. C6id/M6id, up to 43% better compute performance, up to 3.3x memory bandwidth
  • Up to 46% faster for I/O-intensive databases, up to 30% faster for real-time analytics queries
  • C8id leans compute-heavy (great for media processing), M8id balances compute and memory

If you're running media processing or database workloads in these regions, keep these on your upgrade list!

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