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Amazon Redshift adds rg.large and rg.12xlarge Graviton-powered instance sizes

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Amazon Redshift has launched two new Graviton-powered instance sizes, rg.large and rg.12xlarge, offering improved query performance and cost savings. These instances provide greater flexibility for right-sizing clusters for various workloads and are now generally available on the current track. Customers can migrate existing clusters to these new sizes using standard methods.

  • →New Graviton-powered RG instance sizes for Redshift
  • →Increased flexibility for right-sizing Redshift clusters
  • →Migration options and pricing for new RG instances
Features (1) ›
  • New Graviton-powered RG instance sizes for Redshift

    Amazon Redshift announces the general availability of two new Graviton-powered instance sizes, rg.large and rg.12xlarge. These instances offer up to 2.4x faster query performance than previous RA3 instances at a 30% lower price per vCPU.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Increased flexibility for right-sizing Redshift clusters

    The introduction of rg.large and rg.12xlarge instances provides customers with more options to tailor their provisioned clusters to specific workload requirements. These sizes are available on the current track (P202), while customers on the trailing track (P201) can use existing rg.xlarge and rg.4xlarge.

Notes (1) ›
  • Migration options and pricing for new RG instances

    Existing RA3 clusters can be migrated to the new RG instances via Snapshot and Restore, Elastic Resize, or Classic Resize. Flexible pricing options, including On-Demand and 1-year/3-year Reserved Instances with No Upfront payment, are available for these new instance types.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-redshift-adds-rg-large-12xlarge-instance-sizes

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