Amazon EC2 C8id and M8id instances now available in additional AWS Regions

Amazon EC2 C8id and M8id instances are now available in additional regions, featuring up to 22.8 TB of local NVMe-based SSD storage. C8id instances are available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Canada (Central), while M8id instances are available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Canada (Central). These instances provide three times more vCPUs, memory, and local storage compared to previous sixth-generation instances, with up to 43% higher compute performance and 3.3 times more memory bandwidth. They also deliver up to 46% higher performance for I/O-intensive database workloads and up to 30% faster query results for I/O-intensive real-time data analytics. C8id instances are ideal for compute-intensive tasks such as video encoding and image manipulation, while M8id instances suit workloads requiring a balance of compute and memory with high-speed local storage, like data logging and medium-sized data stores. Customers can adjust network and Amazon EBS bandwidth by 25% using EC2 instance bandwidth weighting configuration. These instances support Elastic Fabric Adapter networking on 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48 sizes and can be purchased through Savings Plans, On-Demand, or Spot instances

Why it matters

These instances are designed for workloads requiring compute resources and high-speed local storage, particularly benefiting media processing and data analytics efficiency