Posted On: Aug 16, 2023

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports AWS Graviton2-based M6g and R6g database instances in Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Jakarta, Melbourne, Osaka), Europe (Zurich), and Middle East (Bahrain) Regions. 

With this regional expansion, M6g and R6g database instance is now available for Amazon RDS in 25 regions: US East (Ohio, N. Virginia), US West (N. California, Oregon), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad, Jakarta, Melbourne, Mumbai, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Ireland, Frankfurt, London, Spain, Stockholm, Zurich), Middle East (Bahrain, UAE), South America (São Paulo), and AWS GovCloud (US) regions. For complete information on pricing and regional availability, please refer to the Amazon RDS pricing page.

M6g and R6g database instances are available on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL version 15.2 and higher, 14.3 and higher, 13.7 and higher, and 12.11 and higher. T4g database instances are available on Amazon RDS for MySQL version 8.0.33 and higher, and Amazon RDS for MariaDB version 10.6.14 and higher, 10.5.21 and higher, and 10.4.30 and higher. Get started by creating a fully managed M6g or R6g database instance using the Amazon RDS Management Console. For more details, refer to the Amazon RDS User Guide.