Amazon OpenSearch Service expands support for Graviton4 (c8g,m8g & r8g ) instances

Opensearch Service ยท 2026-02-18

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Technical Details

Affected Versions 7.9, 7.10
Regions Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), Europe (Zurich), Middle East (UAE), AWS GovCloud (US-West), AWS GovCloud (US-East)
Cost Impact Decrease
IaC Impact High

What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your OpenSearch Service deployments to utilize the new Graviton4 instances (c8g, m8g, r8g, r8gd) for improved performance and cost efficiency, ensuring compatibility with OpenSearch and Elasticsearch versions 7.9 and 7.10.

For Platform Teams

Adopt the new Graviton4 instances in Amazon OpenSearch Service to enhance performance metrics and reduce operational toil, leveraging the best price performance for diverse workloads.

For Executives

Evaluate the integration of Graviton4 instances in Amazon OpenSearch Service to leverage up to 30% better performance and improved price performance for compute, general purpose, and memory-intensive workloads, enhancing operational efficiency and competitive positioning.

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