Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports Graviton4 based i8ge instances
Opensearch Service ยท 2026-04-08
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Technical Details
| Affected Versions | 7.9, 7.10 |
|---|---|
| Regions | us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-north-1, ap-southeast-1, ap-south-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-2 |
| Cost Impact | Neutral |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Update your OpenSearch Service deployments to utilize i8ge instances, ensuring configurations align with the new storage and compute capabilities to maximize performance gains and reduce storage I/O latency.
For Platform Teams
Adopt i8ge instances to integrate advanced storage and compute capabilities into your architecture, reducing toil and enhancing performance for storage-intensive applications.
For Executives
Evaluate deploying i8ge instances for storage-intensive workloads to achieve up to 60% better compute performance and up to 55% better real-time storage performance per TB, enhancing overall operational efficiency and competitive positioning.
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