AWS News Blog
Category: HAQM EC2
New – HAQM EC2 C5a Instances Powered By 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
Update August 13, 2020: C5ad have launched as well, please see this post for more information. Over the last 18 months, we have launched AMD-powered M5a and R5a/M5ad and R5ad, and T3a instances to provide customers additional choice for running their general purpose and memory intensive workloads. Built on the AWS Nitro System, these instances […]
New – EC2 M6g Instances, powered by AWS Graviton2
Starting today, you can use our first 6th generation HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2) General Purpose instance: the M6g. The “g” stands for “Graviton2“, our next generation Arm-based chip designed by AWS (and Annapurna Labs, an HAQM company), utilizing 64-bit Arm Neoverse N1 cores. These processors support 256-bit, always-on, DRAM encryption. They also include […]
EC2 Price Reduction – For EC2 Instance Saving Plans and Standard Reserved Instances
It is my great pleasure to tell you about a price reduction for HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2) customers who plan to use Standard Reserved Instances or EC2 Instance Saving Plans. The price changes are already in effect, and so anyone buying new RIs or a new EC2 Instance Saving Plan will be able […]
Capacity-Optimized Spot Instance Allocation in Action at Mobileye and Skyscanner
HAQM EC2 Spot Instances were launched way back in 2009. The instances are spare EC2 compute capacity that is available at savings of up to 90% when compared to the On-Demand prices. Spot Instances can be interrupted by EC2 (with a two minute heads-up), but are otherwise the same as On-Demand instances. You can use […]
EC2 Price Reduction in the São Paulo Region (R5 and I3)
I’ve got good news for AWS customers using our South America (São Paulo) Region! Effective February 1, 2020 we are reducing prices for On-Demand, Reserved and Dedicated Instances as follows: All R5 families (R5, R5a, R5d, R5ad) – Up to 25%. All I3 families (I3, I3en) – 13%. The pricing pages have been updated. Questions? […]
Update on HAQM Linux AMI end-of-life
Update Jan 2, 2024 – The HAQM Linux AMI (also called HAQM Linux 1) reached its end of life on December 31, 2023. HAQM Linux AMI will no longer receive any security updates or bug fixes. We encourage customers to upgrade their applications to use HAQM Linux 2023, which includes long term support through 2028. […]
New – T3 Instances on Dedicated Single-Tenant Hardware
T3 instances use a burst pricing model that allows you to host general purpose workloads at low cost, with access to sustainable, full-core performance when needed. You can choose from seven different sizes and receive an assured baseline amount of processing power, courtesy of custom high frequency Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. Our customers use them […]
Alejandra’s Top 5 Favorite re:Invent? Launches of 2019
While re:Invent 2019 may feel well over, I’m still feeling elated and curious about several of the launches that were announced that week. Is it just me, or did some of the new feature announcements seem to bring us closer to the Scifi worlds (i.e. AWS WaveLength anyone? and don’t get me started on HAQM […]