September 10, 2021 / Nirav Shah
AWS launched the first Graviton-powered EC2 instances in late 2018.
The Graviton2 a highly cost-effective workhorse processor.
Today, we can choose between General Purpose (M6g and M6gd), Compute-Optimized (C6g, C6gn, and C6gd), Memory-Optimized (R6g and R6gd), and Burstable (T4g) instances, all powered by fast, efficient Graviton2 processors.
IT companies use these instances to run application servers, gaming servers, HPC workloads, video encoding, ad servers, and more.
X2gd Instances
The new X2gd instances have twice as much memory per vCPU as the memory-optimized R6g instances and are designed for your memory-hunger workloads.
This includes in-
X2gd instances are available in eight sizes, and also in bare metal form.

the new X2gd instances offer 55% better price/performance than existing X1 instances.
The X2gd instances also offer the lowest price per GiB of memory of any current EC2 instance.
The fast SSD-based local NVMe storage, X2gd instances support Elastic Network Adapter (ENA), and can deliver up to 25 Gbps of network bandwidth between instances when launched within a Placement Group.
X2gd instances are available now in the US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Ireland) Regions, with more regions to come.

Nirav Shah is the Director of Eternal Web Pvt Ltd, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and certified Odoo Partner based in the UK. With over a decade of experience in cloud computing, digital transformation, and ERP implementation, Nirav helps enterprises adopt the right technology to solve complex business challenges. He specialises in AWS infrastructure, Odoo ERP, and web development solutions for businesses across the UK and beyond.
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