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Amazon EVS Adds i7i.metal-48xl Support for Up to 23% Faster VMware Workloads

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Today I want to share a nice update from AWS's What's New for anyone running VMware workloads.

What was announced?

According to AWS's What's New, Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) now supports the i7i.metal-48xl Amazon EC2 bare-metal instance type. EVS is a managed service for running VMware-based workloads on AWS, and this update gives you a new option with a higher core count and a newer generation processor.

The story so far

Until now, the instance types available on EVS were more limited. With the i4i instances used as the comparison baseline, scaling up the number of VMs meant adding more EVS hosts, since core count and memory/storage capacity per instance had their limits. In other words, if you wanted to run more VMs, you often had to scale out with more hosts rather than scaling up within a single host.

What changes

The i7i.metal-48xl is powered by 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, delivering up to 23% better compute performance and more than 10% better price-performance compared to i4i instances. It also comes with a larger memory and storage footprint, so you can run more VMs per host and scale vertically with fewer EVS hosts overall. On top of that, it makes it easier to take advantage of newer VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x features, like memory tiering and the Amazon EVS Deployment Orchestrator, which simplifies onboarding.

Dive Deep

Here's a quick recap of the key details.

  • Instance type: i7i.metal-48xl (Amazon EC2 bare-metal instance)
  • Processor: 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable
  • Performance: up to 23% better compute performance and 10%+ better price-performance versus i4i instances
  • Benefit: larger memory and storage footprint lets you scale VMs vertically with fewer EVS hosts
  • Integrations: VCF 9.x memory tiering and the Amazon EVS Deployment Orchestrator for simplified onboarding
  • Availability: AWS Regions where both Amazon EVS and the EC2 i7i instance type are available

The original announcement doesn't specify exact core counts or memory capacity, so check the official documentation if you need those details.

Wrap-up

  • Amazon EVS now supports the i7i.metal-48xl bare-metal instance type
  • Powered by 5th gen Intel Xeon Scalable, with up to 23% better compute performance and 10%+ better price-performance versus i4i
  • Larger memory and storage let you scale VMs vertically with fewer hosts
  • Pairs well with VCF 9.x memory tiering and the EVS Deployment Orchestrator
  • Available in regions where both Amazon EVS and i7i are supported

This is worth knowing if you manage VMware workloads on AWS or you're looking to optimize costs in your EVS environment.

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