Green with NVMe: AWS adds more Arm-powered instance types
(2020/07/28)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/07/28/aws_graviton2_instances_add_nvme/
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Amazon Web Services has created three more EC2 instance types that run its home-grown Graviton2 Arm CPUs.
The new instances are variants of the C6g, M6g and R6g instances that the cloud colossus currently offers for general purpose compute, memory-intensive applications and compute-intensive workloads respectively. And the main new feature is the addition of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage.
As NVMe lets a CPU access more PCIe lanes at higher speeds, adding the protocol makes the three instance types faster. And who doesn’t want faster?
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It’s also tough to reject cheaper? AWS claims they “deliver up to 40% better price performance and 50% more NVMe storage GB/vCPU over comparable x86-based instances for a wide variety of workloads.”
And of course Arm CPUs tend to use less power than their rivals, so this new lot could let you go green with NVMe.
OK, now that we got that joke out of the way, some details:
The new instance types add a “d” to the current instance names, so we get the “C6g” and so on;
The new storage option applies to all sizes of existing Graviton2-powered instance types
SSD sizes range from 59GB to 1900GB;
The d-instances are available in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), US East (Ohio) and Europe (Ireland) regions.
The new instance types deliver on AWS’ promise to extend its range Graviton2-powered servers because the company [2]believes that innovation on Arm will outpace efforts around x86. With Intel this week admitting its efforts to adopt 7nm manufacturing processes have foundered badly, AWS’ thinking looks prescient. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/24/intel_7nm_chip_slip/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/12/aws_adds_more_graviton_instances/
[3] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
The new instances are variants of the C6g, M6g and R6g instances that the cloud colossus currently offers for general purpose compute, memory-intensive applications and compute-intensive workloads respectively. And the main new feature is the addition of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage.
As NVMe lets a CPU access more PCIe lanes at higher speeds, adding the protocol makes the three instance types faster. And who doesn’t want faster?
Intel's 7nm is busted, chips delayed, may have to use rival foundries to get GPUs out for US govt exascale super [1]READ MORE
It’s also tough to reject cheaper? AWS claims they “deliver up to 40% better price performance and 50% more NVMe storage GB/vCPU over comparable x86-based instances for a wide variety of workloads.”
And of course Arm CPUs tend to use less power than their rivals, so this new lot could let you go green with NVMe.
OK, now that we got that joke out of the way, some details:
The new instance types add a “d” to the current instance names, so we get the “C6g” and so on;
The new storage option applies to all sizes of existing Graviton2-powered instance types
SSD sizes range from 59GB to 1900GB;
The d-instances are available in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), US East (Ohio) and Europe (Ireland) regions.
The new instance types deliver on AWS’ promise to extend its range Graviton2-powered servers because the company [2]believes that innovation on Arm will outpace efforts around x86. With Intel this week admitting its efforts to adopt 7nm manufacturing processes have foundered badly, AWS’ thinking looks prescient. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/24/intel_7nm_chip_slip/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/12/aws_adds_more_graviton_instances/
[3] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/