Amazon RDS Adds Support for New Graviton3-Based Database Instances

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced support for new AWS Graviton3-based M7g database instances for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB in multiple new regions. These include Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Middle East (UAE), South America (São Paulo), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Israel (Tel Aviv), Europe (Zurich), and AWS GovCloud (US East).

Additionally, R7g instances are now supported in the Middle East (Bahrain), South America (São Paulo), and AWS GovCloud (US West) regions. Graviton3-based instances provide up to 30% better performance for open-source databases compared to the previous generation Graviton2 instances, with actual improvements varying by database engine, version, and workload.

These new M7g and R7g database instances feature the latest DDR5 memory, offering a 50% increase in memory bandwidth over DDR4 for faster data access. They also provide enhanced networking capabilities, with up to 30 Gbps of expanded network bandwidth and up to 20 Gbps of bandwidth to Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). Amazon RDS for MySQL and MariaDB will also support Optimized Writes, a feature that can double write throughput without additional cost.

The new instances are supported on specific versions of RDS for MySQL (versions 8.0, 8.4), RDS for PostgreSQL (versions 13.4+, 14.5+, 15, 16, 17), and RDS for MariaDB (versions 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.11, 11.4). Customers can begin using the new instances through the Amazon RDS Management Console.