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Amazon Redshift RG Instances Now on Trailing Track

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Amazon Redshift now offers Graviton-based RG instances (rg.large, rg.12xlarge) on the trailing maintenance track, starting with patch P202. This enables customers prioritizing stability to leverage Graviton's performance benefits, offering up to 2.4x faster queries and 30% lower price per vCPU compared to RA3 instances. RG instances are now accessible on both leading and trailing tracks across all AWS regions where they are generally available.

  • →Graviton RG instances available on Redshift trailing track
  • →Graviton instances offer significant performance and cost benefits
  • →RG instances are generally available in all supported AWS regions
Features (1) ›
  • Graviton RG instances available on Redshift trailing track

    Amazon Redshift now supports Graviton-based rg.large and rg.12xlarge instance types on the trailing maintenance track, starting with patch P202 and later. This provides customers prioritizing stability with access to improved performance and cost efficiency.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Graviton instances offer significant performance and cost benefits

    Graviton-powered RG instances deliver up to 2.4x faster query performance and a 30% lower price per vCPU compared to RA3 instances. Customers can now utilize these benefits across both leading and trailing maintenance tracks.

Notes (1) ›
  • RG instances are generally available in all supported AWS regions

    Customers on the trailing maintenance track (patch P202 and later) can provision new or resize existing Amazon Redshift clusters to rg.large or rg.12xlarge instance types in all regions where RG instances are generally available.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-redshift-rg-large-12xlarge-trailing-track

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