AWS EC2 "t3" and "m5" instances are now supported; benefits at a glance -

• Significant performance improvements compared to previous generation
• 25-50% lower pricing (see below) on larger sized instances

New Instance Features

• Operating system powered by Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using an AWS optimized kernel
• AWS Nitro Hypervisor is a faster virtualization platform
• Single 100 GB root volume provides twice as much I/O per second (300 IOPS) than previous, multi-volume configuration
• Auto-scaling disk space (triggered when disk reaches 90% capacity)
• Automated, nightly security patching

T3 Instances

• Ideal for micro-services, low-latency interactive applications/APIs, and background jobs
• 2.5 GHz processor (vs. 2.3 GHz previous generation)
• Up to 5 Gigabit network performance
• Burst-able performance (based on a CPU credit model) - great for single application environments with spikes in network traffic

M5 instances

• Ideal for high traffic applications/APIs and business critical systems
• 3.1 GHz processor (vs. 2.4 GHz previous generation)
• Up to 10 Gigabit network performance

Pricing

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*Assumes 100 GiB of disk storage and daily snapshot with 1 day retention. Additional storage and/or snapshots are billed at $0.35/GiB.

**Savings are calculated based on previous generation instance types of similar specifications

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