Amazon RDS for Oracle has extended Reserved Instance pricing to include the new R8i and M8i instance families, offering up to 53% savings over On-Demand rates for 1- and 3-year terms. These instances utilize custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, delivering up to 2.5x the memory bandwidth and 15% better price-performance compared to previous Intel generations. The reservation benefits are applicable to both Single-AZ and Multi-AZ configurations, allowing flexibility to switch between them without losing savings.
- R8i/M8i RIs save up to 53% vs On-Demand for 1- or 3-year terms.
- Custom Intel Xeon 6 CPUs provide 2.5x memory bandwidth over prior gen.
- RI credits apply to both Single-AZ and Multi-AZ for the same class.
- Ideal for stable workloads needing high memory bandwidth performance.