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Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports M8i and R8i instances in additional AWS Regions

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AWS·Nov 3, 2026, 12:00 AMFeatureAI-assisted summary

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Added support for M8i and R8i instance types in additional AWS regions (AP New Zealand, Canada West, Europe Milan/Stockholm/Zurich, Israel Tel Aviv).
These instances use custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, delivering up to 15% better price‑performance and 2.5× memory bandwidth versus prior Intel instances.
Available for Oracle BYOL (Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2) in sizes from large to 48xlarge, plus bare‑metal metal‑48xl and metal‑96xl.

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