Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Z1d instances

Posted on: Feb 19, 2020

Starting today, you can now launch Z1d instance types when using Amazon RDS for SQL Server in the following AWS Regions:

North America

  • US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and US West (N. California).

Europe, Middle East and Africa

  • EU (Ireland), EU (Frankfurt), and EU (London).

Asia Pacific

  • Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and Asia Pacific (Sydney).

Z1d instance types offer a combination of high compute performance and high memory which makes them ideally suited for relational database workloads with high per-core licensing costs. Z1d instances use the Nitro system, a rich collection of building blocks that enables high performance, high availability, and high security while also reducing virtualization overhead. 

Amazon RDS for SQL Server makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale SQL Server database deployments in the cloud. To get started, please visit the Amazon RDS for SQL Server user guide

For complete pricing and regional information, please visit our pricing page.