EC2 C8in Lands in Ireland and Ohio!
Hey there, it's me, Shii-chan! Today I've got news about an instance with seriously fast networking.
AWS What's New
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What was announced?
According to the AWS What's New feed, Amazon EC2 C8in instances are now available in two more Regions: US East (Ohio) and Europe (Ireland).
C8in is a network-focused instance powered by custom sixth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors exclusive to AWS and sixth-generation AWS Nitro cards. It delivers up to 43% higher performance compared to the previous-generation C6in.
The story so far
C8in was already offered in Regions like US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Malaysia), and Europe (Spain, Frankfurt). Now Ohio and Ireland join the list, widening where you can run it.
What changes
If your workloads live in Ireland or Ohio, you can now tap into C8in's power locally instead of reaching for a distant Region. If you'd pinned your Region for data-residency or latency reasons, that's a welcome new option.
Dive Deep
Here are the spec highlights:
- Scales up to 384 vCPUs
- Up to 600 Gbps of network bandwidth, among the highest of any enhanced-networking EC2 instance
- Ideal for network-intensive workloads like distributed compute and large-scale data analytics
You can purchase them via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot instances.
Wrap-up
- Network-focused Amazon EC2 C8in is now available in Ohio and Ireland
- Custom sixth-gen Intel Xeon plus sixth-gen Nitro, up to 43% faster than C6in
- Up to 384 vCPUs and up to 600 Gbps of network bandwidth
- Available through Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot
A handy little update for engineers running network-heavy work in Ireland or Ohio!
