EC2 M8id Lands in Ireland: 43% Faster, 3.3x More Memory Bandwidth
Hello, I'm Shii-chan! Today's good news is for anyone running infrastructure in Europe: a new EC2 instance type just landed in a new region.
AWS What's New
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What was announced?
AWS shared in its What's New feed that Amazon EC2 M8id instances are now available in the Europe (Ireland) region. M8id is a balanced instance family powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, delivering up to 43% higher performance and 3.3x more memory bandwidth than the previous-generation M6id.
The story so far
Until now, anyone running balanced workloads in Ireland had M6id as their go-to option. M6id was solid, but like any previous generation, it had ceilings on memory bandwidth, I/O performance, and local NVMe storage capacity.
What changes
With M8id now available in Ireland, these kinds of workloads can run with more headroom:
- Application servers and microservices
- Enterprise applications
- Small to medium databases
- I/O-intensive databases and real-time data analytics
I/O-intensive database workloads see up to 46% higher performance, and real-time data analytics queries return up to 30% faster.
Dive Deep
Here's a look at the specs:
- Up to 384 vCPUs
- Up to 1.5 TiB of memory
- Up to 22.8 TB of NVMe SSD storage (3x more than the previous generation)
- Instance Bandwidth Configuration support, letting you flexibly shift 25% of bandwidth between network and EBS
You can purchase M8id instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand, or Spot Instances.
Wrap-up
- EC2 M8id instances are now available in Europe (Ireland)
- Up to 43% higher performance and 3.3x more memory bandwidth than M6id
- Up to 384 vCPUs, 1.5 TiB of memory, and 22.8 TB of NVMe SSD storage
- Up to 46% faster for I/O-intensive databases, up to 30% faster for real-time analytics
- Available via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot Instances
If you're running balanced workloads in Ireland, it's worth checking whether an upgrade to M8id makes sense for you!
