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How common is the use of ARM CPU in cloud workloads these days?
by mr_toad 4y ago
How common is the use of ARM CPU in cloud workloads these days?
- daneel_w 4y agoNeither rare nor common. In 2020 Amazon reported that Arm EC2 deployments in AWS occupied just over 10% footprint. It's growing.
- mianos 4y agoDo you have the reference for this? It sure seems a lot.
- daneel_w 4y agoIt was mentioned in one of the topics during AWS re:Invent 2020. I just spent a minute searching the Internet for "aws graviton market share" and various sources cite everything from 10% to 15%.
- mianos 4y agoThanks, very interesting for sure. I have managed 1000s of AWS instances and never seen an ARM one. I guess it depends on your application stack and business.
- aeyes 4y agoThere is no reason to not run AWS offerings like RDS and Elasticache on ARM for instant cost savings. Performance is comparable to Intel/AMD so I see no reason not to use ARM even if your own code is not compatible. I have no doubt that AWS will also switch over services like DynamoDB, ELB and countless others which don't let you chose machine type to improve their cost basis.
- daneel_w 4y agoWe are a telecom services provider - SMS and SIP-based telephony - and moved everything to Arm, without a hitch.
- manv1 4y agoI've moved all our Lambdas to ARM, with no issues AFAIK. Cheaper + faster = why not?