--- title: Amazon Aurora and RDS now support AMD-based R8a instances description: Amazon Aurora and RDS now support R8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors, offering up to 75 Gbps network bandwidth and 60 Gbps... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-aurora-and-rds-now-support-amd-based-r8a-instances-yp3u8cbmp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon Aurora and RDS now support AMD-based R8a instances | daily.dev og:description: Amazon Aurora and RDS now support R8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors, offering up to 75 Gbps network bandwidth and 60 Gbps... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-aurora-and-rds-now-support-amd-based-r8a-instances-yp3u8cbmp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Yp3U8Cbmp.png og:image:alt: Amazon Aurora and RDS now support AMD-based R8a instances og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon Aurora and RDS now support AMD-based R8a instances **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon Aurora and RDS now support R8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors, offering up to 75 Gbps network bandwidth and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth, built on AWS Nitro System with sixth-generation Nitro Cards. R8a instances are supported for Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL-Compatible Editions, and RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB, and are available across several US, Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe regions. Users can launch them via the RDS Management Console or the AWS CLI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What database engines support the new R8a instance type on Amazon RDS and Aurora? R8a database instances, powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors, are supported on Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition, Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition, and RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. They deliver up to 75 Gbps network bandwidth and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and run on the AWS Nitro System with sixth-generation Nitro Cards. _Teams picking database instance types can track AWS capacity updates like R8a on daily.dev._ ### Which AWS regions support R8a database instances for RDS and Aurora? R8a database instances are available in US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Taipei), and Europe (Ireland, Frankfurt, Spain). 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