In the line of computing services, Amazon Web Services presented several innovations during the AWS re:invent 2020. They are releases and updates that will allow technological modernization for companies of all sizes and in the most varied segments.
Check out a summary of the most outstanding releases below!
New Mac instances
We started with announcing the creation of a new Mac instance capable of building, testing, packaging and signing Xcode applications for the Apple platform. It is designed for users who need to run macOS on Amazon EC2.
New Amazon EC2 G4ad Instances
Also shown were the new Amazon EC4 G2ad instances (still in development and coming soon). They are designed to improve performance and reduce the cost of graphics-intensive workloads, including remote workstations and game streaming.
New EC2 C6gn Instances
AWS also continues to expand its Arm-based Graviton2 portfolio with new C6gn instances. They offer up to 40% better price performance over current generation C5 instances and are recommended for running advanced compute-intensive workloads.
New Amazon EC2 R5b Instances
The new R5b instance is powered by the AWS Nitro System to provide the best network-attached storage performance available on EC2. It offers 3X more EBS-optimized performance compared to R5 instances.
New D3 / D3en instances
AWS also announced the launch of new generations of D-type instances. These are: D3 and D3en, which offer massive amounts of HDD storage at a low cost.
3 more AWS local zones in 2020 and 12 more in 2021
AWS has also made 3 more local zones available in Boston, Houston and Miami and plans to open 12 more in 2021 including New York, Chicago and Atlanta. With this, it seeks to allow access with single-digit millisecond latency for the vast majority of users.
New AWS Lambda Pricing Model
AWS Lambda was priced based on the number of times the code is fired and the number of times the code is executed, rounded to the nearest 100 milliseconds.
Going forward, AWS announced, pricing will be calculated based on duration rounded to the nearest millisecond, with no minimum execution time.
You can now package and deploy Lambda functions as container images up to 10GB in size.
AWS re:invent 2020 special coverage
→ Click on the links below to see the series of articles with the news announced in AWS re:invent 2020!
- AWS re:invent 2020: All About the Amazon Web Services Conference!
- AWS re:invent 2020: View Amazon QuickShight Details!
- AWS re:invent 2020: What's New in Machine Learning!
- AWS re:invent 2020: What's New in Databases, Containers and Storage!
- AWS re:invent 2020: Discover what's new in Amazon Connect!
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