Instaclustr Now Offering AWS Graviton2 Instances With gp3 volumes for Apache Cassandra®
Instaclustr has released AWS Graviton2 instances and gp3 volumes for Apache Cassandra®, providing customers with both performance and financial benefits.
Instaclustr is pleased to announce the general availability of AWS instances on Graviton2 processors, combined with gp3 volumes for Instaclustr managed Apache Cassandra. AWS Graviton2 infrastructure has better compute performance than other equivalent instances using the same number of vCPUs and the same amount of RAM, so provides notable performance improvement at a reduced cost.
Instaclustr managed Apache Cassandra on AWS Graviton2 has also incorporated the new generation of AWS Elastic Block Storage (EBS) gp3 disks that have a higher IO throughput compared to EBS gp2 disks. Previous IOPS constraints on smaller instances have been eliminated with the new generation of AWS gp3 volumes that come with at least 3000 IOPS no matter the disk size, as well as the ability to specify additional IOPS and throughput independent of disk size. This is good news for our customers that previously had to provision larger than necessary disks for the purpose of achieving sufficient throughput. Through load testing, Instaclustr has matched the provisioned IOPS and throughput of the gp3 disks with the capabilities of the associated instance to achieve an overall balanced infrastructure configuration for optimum price/performance.
