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Friday, July 31, 2026

Amazon RDS for Oracle Cuts Costs with New Reserved Instances

AWS now offers 1 and 3-year Reserved Instances for R8i and M8i Oracle databases, saving you up to 53% on costs. These instances pack custom Intel Xeon 6 processors with 15% better price-performance and 2.5x faster memory bandwidth than previous generations. You get flexibility to switch between Multi-AZ and Single-AZ setups, plus size flexibility under BYOL licensing. Start purchasing through AWS Console, CLI, or SDK today.

Monday, July 27, 2026