AWS extended general availability of R6id instances, which offer higher storage per vCPU and better price-performance, to the Tel Aviv region for Amazon RDS supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. Additionally, R6gd instances with local NVMe storage and Graviton2 processors became available in Asia Pacific (Osaka) and Europe (Spain, Zurich) regions.
These instance types provide up to 40% better performance over previous R5 instances, depending on engine and workload, benefiting database operations with enhanced memory and storage. They can be launched through the AWS Console or CLI, with full documentation detailing supported engine versions and pricing.
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Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB now support r6id and r6gd database instances in additional AWS Regions ↗Source published 2026-01-27. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.