AWS Expands Storage-Optimized EC2 Instances with the Introduction of I8g and I7ie Types

AWS announces new storage-optimized EC2 instances for high-performance workloads.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled two new additions to its storage-optimized Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance lineup: the I8g and I7ie instances. Both are tailored for storage-intensive applications requiring high throughput, low latency, and reliable performance. These new offerings build on AWS’s established expertise in designing custom processors and storage solutions, targeting workloads such as databases, analytics, and machine learning.

Amazon EC2 I8g Instances

AWS Graviton4 processors and the third generation of AWS Nitro SSDs power the I8g instances. Graviton4 is built on a 64-bit ARM