To meet diverse business needs, ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL offers new instance types for primary instances that use Premium Local SSDs. The maximum storage capacity of these instances is increased up to 16,000 GB.
Release date
August 27, 2025 (GMT+8)
Scope
This change affects only RDS for MySQL primary instances that use Premium Local SSDs. Read-only instances and instances that use cloud disks are not affected.
Details
The following new instance types are provided:
RDS edition
Instance family
Instance type
CPU and memory
Storage capacity
RDS High-availability Edition
Dedicated
mysql.x2.medium.2
2 cores, 4 GB
20 GB to 3,000 GB
mysql.x4.medium.2
2 cores, 8 GB
mysql.x6.medium.2
2 cores, 12 GB
mysql.x2.large.2
4 cores, 8 GB
mysql.x6.large.2
4 cores, 24 GB
mysql.x2.xlarge.2
8 cores, 16 GB
20 GB to 4,000 GB
mysql.x6.xlarge.2
8 cores, 48 GB
mysql.x2.2xlarge.2
16 cores, 32 GB
20 GB to 12,000 GB
mysql.x6.2xlarge.2
16 cores, 96 GB
mysql.x2.4xlarge.2
32 cores, 64 GB
20 GB to 16,000 GB
mysql.x6.4xlarge.2
32 cores, 192 GB
mysql.x2.8xlarge.2
64 cores, 128 GB
mysql.x6.8xlarge.2
64 cores, 384 GB
The maximum storage capacity for the following existing instance types is increased up to 16,000 GB:
RDS edition
Instance family
Instance type
CPU and memory
Storage capacity
Before change
After change
RDS High-availability Edition
General-purpose
rds.mysql.c2.xlarge
16 cores, 64 GB
20 GB to 8,000 GB
20 GB to 12,000 GB
rds.mysql.c2.xlp2
16 cores, 96 GB
Dedicated
mysql.x4.2xlarge.2
16 cores, 64 GB
mysql.x8.2xlarge.2
16 cores, 128 GB
mysql.x4.4xlarge.2
32 cores, 128 GB
20 GB to 16,000 GB
mysql.x8.4xlarge.2
32 cores, 256 GB
mysql.x4.8xlarge.2
64 cores, 256 GB
mysql.x8.8xlarge.2
64 cores, 512 GB
Dedicated host
rds.mysql.st.h43
60 cores, 470 GB
rds.mysql.st.v52
90 cores, 720 GB