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AWS whips out Graviton-powered Redshift instances, asserts 7x speed for data warehouse
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AI agents asking questions in natural language apparently issue a lot more queries than your average SQL jockey.
Key facts
- The updated query engine also lets users run SQL analytics across data warehouses and data lakes from a single engine, delivering up to 2.4x the performance of RA3 for Apache Iceberg and up to 1.5x
- Amazon Redshift RG instances are available in AWS Regions including US East, US West, Asia Pacific, Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, Milan, London, Paris, Spain, Stockholm), and South
- Andrew Warfield, AWS VP and Distinguished Engineer, said Redshift engineers had worked closely with the Graviton team for a few years, and the announcement was the first of an expected string
- AWS recommends using its Pricing Calculator with your specific workload patterns to estimate bills
Summary
AWS says it has boosted Redshift performance by bringing the data warehouse to its Graviton-powered instances, positioning it to handle AI agent workloads and fend off rivals in the analytics market. Redshift's new RG instances, powered by AWS Graviton processors, accelerate new query workloads by up to seven times. The updated query engine also lets users run SQL analytics across data warehouses and data lakes from a single engine, delivering up to 2.4x the performance of RA3 for Apache Iceberg and up to 1.5x for Apache Parquet. Amazon Redshift RG instances are available in AWS Regions including US East, US West, Asia Pacific, Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, Milan, London, Paris, Spain, Stockholm), and South America (São Paulo).