Amazon EC2 high memory U7i instances expand to new regions
AWS has expanded its EC2 High Memory U7i instances to new regions, enhancing options for businesses needing significant memory capacity. These instances support critical in-memory databases and offer substantial processing and bandwidth capabilities.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the expansion of its EC2 High Memory U7i instances to additional regions. Specifically, the U7i-8TB instances, identified as u7i-8tb.112xlarge, are now accessible in the AWS Europe regions of Stockholm and Zurich. Meanwhile, the U7in-16TB instances, or u7in-16tb.224xlarge, have been made available in the AWS US East (Ohio) region, and the U7in-24TB instances, known as u7in-24tb.224xlarge, are now offered in the AWS Europe (Stockholm) region.
The U7i series, which is part of AWS’s 7th generation, is equipped with custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, also referred to as Sapphire Rapids. These instances provide varying levels of DDR5 memory capacity: 8 TiB for the U7i-8TB, 16 TiB for the U7in-16TB, and 24 TiB for the U7in-24TB. This range of memory support allows businesses to enhance their transaction processing capabilities within rapidly expanding data environments.
The U7i-8TB instances offer 448 virtual CPUs (vCPUs) and facilitate up to 100 Gbps of Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) bandwidth, alongside 100 Gbps of network bandwidth, all supported by ENA Express. On the other hand, both the U7in-16TB and U7in-24TB instances provide 896 vCPUs and support up to 100 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth for efficient data loading and backups, in addition to 200 Gbps of network bandwidth and ENA Express.
These high-performance instances are particularly suited for clients managing critical in-memory databases, such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server. For further information on these offerings, interested parties can visit the High Memory instances page on the AWS website.