Monat: September 2026

Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions

Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) region. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The M8i and M8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver up to 20% better performance than M7i and M7i-flex instances, with even higher gains for specific workloads. The M8i and M8i-flex instances are up to 30% faster for PostgreSQL databases, up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, and up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models compared to M7i and M7i-flex instances.

M8i-flex are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of general-purpose workloads like web and application servers, microservices, small and medium data stores, virtual desktops, and enterprise applications. They offer the most common sizes, from large to 16xlarge, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources.

M8i instances are a great choice for all general purpose workloads, especially for workloads that need the largest instance sizes or continuous high CPU usage. The SAP-certified M8i instances offer 13 sizes including 2 bare metal sizes and the new 96xlarge size for the largest applications.

To get started, sign in to the AWS Management Console. For more information about the new instances, visit the M8i and M8i-flex instance page or visit the AWS News blog.
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Amazon Transcribe adds customer-managed KMS keys for custom resources

Amazon Transcribe now lets you encrypt your custom vocabularies, custom vocabulary filters, and custom language models at rest with a customer-managed AWS KMS key that you own and control.
Previously, these custom resources were always encrypted with an AWS owned key. Now you can supply your own symmetric AWS KMS key when you create or update these resources, so the artifacts Transcribe stores on your behalf are encrypted under a key in your account. If you do not provide a key, your resources continue to be encrypted with an AWS owned key—no action is required unless you opt in.
With a customer-managed key, you control key permissions and decide exactly which principals and services can encrypt and decrypt your custom resources. Every use of your key is logged in AWS CloudTrail, giving you a full audit trail for compliance and monitoring. You can also disable the key or transition resources to a different key to revoke access on your own schedule.
This feature is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon Transcribe is offered. To learn more, see Amazon Transcribe Developer Guide.
Quelle: aws.amazon.com

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now supports AWS Graviton-based source servers

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) now supports disaster recovery for AWS Graviton-based (arm64) source servers. You can now protect and recover your Graviton workloads with the same simple, reliable DRS experience you already use for x86 workloads.
As more workloads move to Graviton for its price-performance benefits, they need the same disaster recovery coverage as the rest of your environment. DRS now automatically detects arm64 source servers and recovers them onto Graviton instances, preserving your workload’s architecture end to end. Recovery works the same way it does for your other servers, with nothing extra to configure.
This capability is available in all AWS Regions where AWS DRS is offered, at no additional cost. To learn more, visit the AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery User Guide.
Quelle: aws.amazon.com

AWS DataSync launches a monitoring dashboard for tracking task executions across your account

AWS DataSync now provides a monitoring dashboard in the DataSync console that gives you visibility into your data transfers across your account. For each task execution, you can see its status, data and file transfer rates, duration, and the total data and files transferred. You can filter executions by status, task, task mode, execution ID, or start time to focus on a specific set of runs. The dashboard summarizes the filtered results, including the number of successful and failed executions, and the cumulative data and files transferred, grouped by task. To troubleshoot issues, you can select a failed execution to view its errors. The dashboard also displays counts of your configured tasks, locations, and agents, along with real-time total transfer rates.
Previously, monitoring multiple transfers required reviewing each execution individually or building custom Amazon CloudWatch dashboards. Now you can monitor the health, performance, and progress of concurrent transfers from a single view. This is useful for large migrations and recurring transfers that run many tasks at once.
The AWS DataSync dashboard is available at no additional cost in all commercial AWS Regions and the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where AWS DataSync is available. To view your dashboard, go to the AWS DataSync console. To learn more about DataSync, visit the AWS DataSync User Guide.
Quelle: aws.amazon.com