Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M7i and R7i database instances

Posted on: Oct 29, 2024

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M7i and R7i database (DB) instances. M7i and R7i are the latest Intel based offering and are available with a new maximum instance size of 48xlarge, which brings 50% more vCPU and memory than the maximum size of M6i and R6i instance types.

M7i and R7i DB instances are available for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL version 16.1 and higher, 15.4 and higher, 14.9 and higher, and 13.11 and higher. M7i and R7i DB instances are also available for Amazon RDS for MySQL version 8.0.32 and higher, and Amazon RDS for MariaDB version 10.11.4 and higher, 10.6.13 and higher, 10.5.20 and higher, and 10.4.29 and higher. These instances are now available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (N. California, Oregon), Asia Pacific (Jakarta, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo), Canada (Central), and Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Milan, Paris, Spain, Stockholm).

For complete information on pricing and regional availability, please refer to the Amazon RDS pricing page. Get started by creating any of these fully managed database instance using the Amazon RDS Management Console. For more details, refer to the Amazon RDS User Guide.

10/30/2024: A reference RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB has been added to the title to clarify which RDS engines now support M7i and R7i database instances.