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Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP supports new Amazon EC2 instance type for VMware Cloud on AWS

Feb 29, 2024

AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 m7i.metal-24xl instance for VMware Cloud on AWS. These instances can be paired with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as a primary sotrage. With this new offering, customers can now choose among three instance types for VMware Cloud on AWS: i3en.metal, i4i.metal and m7i.metal-24xl. 

Powered by custom 4th-gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, the m7i.metal-24xl instance is ideal for customers with compute-intensive workloads. It also offers accelerated performance with the Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel® AMX) accelerator, well-suited for deep learning (DL) inference and training workloads, with up to 48 physical cores and 348GiB of memory. As a diskless instance, customers can choose their storage and compute options independently. For customers with use cases such as disaster recovery, backup infrastructure, and AI / ML applications, the m7i instances can be used with FSx for ONTAP for a complete solution. 

VMware Cloud on AWS customers can leverage the m7i.metal-24xl instance in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland) Europe (Stockholm). 

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