EC2 M8id Lands in Malaysia and Sydney with Up to 22.8 TB Local SSD!
Hello, it's Shii-chan! Today M8id, with its generous local storage, has arrived in new Asia Pacific regions!
AWS What's New
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What was announced?
AWS What's New announced that Amazon EC2 M8id instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia) and Asia Pacific (Sydney). They come with up to 22.8 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block storage.
Why it matters
M8id is for workloads that need a balance of compute and memory plus fast, low-latency local storage. The source lists these use cases.
- Data logging
- Media processing
- Medium-sized data stores
What changes
In these two regions, you can now pick M8id as the upgrade path from the sixth generation. If your data lives in Malaysia or Sydney, you can move up a generation without changing region!
Dive Deep
Here are the numbers compared with sixth-generation instances.
- 3 times more vCPUs, memory, and local storage
- Up to 43% higher compute performance and 3.3 times more memory bandwidth than M6id
- Up to 46% higher performance for I/O intensive database workloads
- Up to 30% faster query results for I/O intensive real-time data analytics
Here are the operational points to keep in mind.
- EC2 instance bandwidth weighting lets you adjust network and Amazon EBS bandwidth by 25%
- Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) is available on 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48xl
- You can purchase via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot
Wrap-up
- M8id is available in Malaysia and Sydney
- Up to 22.8 TB of local NVMe SSD
- Up to 43% higher compute performance and 3.3 times the memory bandwidth versus M6id
- Supports the 25% bandwidth adjustment setting
Great for anyone who has been looking for instances with local SSD in APAC!