tag: Graviton · 9 items
- Platform/SRE — Plan: New GA instance type offering 30% better compute than Graviton3 and higher EBS bandwidth (up to 300 Gbps / 1.6M IOPS) is worth evaluating this quarter for EBS-bound workloads like high-performance file systems; no forced migration, just an adoption decision.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: Graviton4-based C8gb instances improve the performance-per-dollar profile for compute and storage-intensive workloads, useful background for future FinOps or Graviton migration conversations, but no strategic decision is forced now.
- Signals: GA announcement
- Platform/SRE — Plan: ECS Express Mode now supports ARM64 as a GA option, enabling Graviton-powered workloads with up to 40% better price-performance. Worth evaluating as an architecture choice for new or cost-sensitive services this quarter, with no deadline pressure.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Plan: Graviton ARM64 support in ECS Express Mode represents a concrete FinOps opportunity — evaluate adopting Graviton as part of the standard compute profile to capture the claimed 40% price-performance improvement in this quarter’s platform roadmap.
- Platform/SRE — Plan: If your org uses Lambda Managed Instances, evaluate migrating capacity providers to Graviton5 instance types (C9g, M9g) for up to 25% compute performance improvement at EC2 pricing; no deadline, but worth scheduling this quarter.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: Graviton5 support in Lambda Managed Instances offers a potential cost/performance lever for teams running Lambda at scale on EC2; worth tracking as a FinOps input but no strategic decision required now.
- Platform/SRE — Plan: If you run memory-intensive workloads (databases, in-memory caches) in any of these four newly covered regions, evaluate migrating from M8g to M9g this quarter for up to 25% better compute performance and the new Nitro Isolation Engine security guarantees.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: Graviton5-based M9g instances reaching more regions broadens the Arm-based compute option for cost and performance optimization; useful context for the next FinOps or instance-family review, but no strategic decision is forced.
- Platform/SRE — Learn: Graviton5 instances offer up to 25% better compute performance over C8g in Tokyo; worth evaluating for compute-intensive or latency-sensitive workloads in that region, but no migration deadline or forced change.
- CI/CD — Skip
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- Platform/SRE — Plan: New GA Graviton5 memory-optimized instances offer up to 25% better compute and 30% faster database performance vs R8g; evaluate migrating memory-intensive workloads (Kubernetes nodes, caches, databases) this quarter to capture the price-performance gains.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: Graviton5 R9g instances establish a new price-performance ceiling for memory-intensive workloads on AWS; useful context for future FinOps and instance-family standardization decisions but no forcing function today.
- Signals: GA announcement
- Platform/SRE — Learn: Regional expansion of Graviton4 NVMe-backed instances is worth noting if you run I/O-intensive workloads in Singapore, Melbourne, Zurich, or Mexico — no forced migration, just new capacity options to evaluate when rightsizing or expanding footprint.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Skip
- Platform/SRE — Learn: M8g Graviton4 instances are now available in two additional regions; worth noting for teams planning workloads in AP Taipei or Mexico Central, but no deadline or operational change required.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Skip
- Platform/SRE — Plan: I8ge instances (Graviton4, 3rd-gen Nitro SSDs, up to 120TB NVMe) are now GA in two more regions — worth evaluating as a replacement for Im4gn or I3en nodes in storage-heavy workloads this quarter.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: New storage-optimized Graviton4 instance family expanding regionally; relevant context for future Graviton migration planning or FinOps reviews comparing storage-intensive workload costs.
- Signals: GA announcement