Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports storage optimized i7i instances

Opensearch Service ยท 2026-02-18

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Technical Details

Regions us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ca-central-1, ca-west-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-south-1, eu-north-1, eu-central-2, af-south-1, ap-east-1, ap-south-1, ap-southeast-3, ap-northeast-3, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, ap-northeast-2, me-south-1, sa-east-1, us-gov-west-1
Cost Impact Decrease
IaC Impact High

What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your OpenSearch Service configurations to utilize i7i instances, which offer improved storage performance and lower latency, potentially reducing operational toil and enhancing application performance.

For Platform Teams

Adopt i7i instances in your OpenSearch deployments to leverage enhanced storage performance and security features provided by the AWS Nitro System, leading to improved application reliability and performance.

For Executives

Evaluate deploying i7i instances for your OpenSearch workloads to achieve up to 23% better compute performance and 10% better price performance, enhancing operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

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