- R8i and R8i‑flex instances are now available in the Europe (Stockholm, Zurich) regions.
- They deliver up to 15% better price‑performance and up to 60% faster performance for specific workloads, with new sizes up to 96xlarge and SAP certification.
- R8i‑flex offers flexible, memory‑optimized pricing for common memory‑intensive workloads.
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions
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