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ApsaraDB RDS:ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL High-availability Edition supports larger dedicated instance types

Last Updated:Apr 02, 2026

Starting November 21, 2024, ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL standard instances running RDS High-availability Edition support nine new dedicated instance types, scaling up to 192 CPU cores, 1,536 GB memory, 500,000 IOPS, and 4,096 MB/s I/O bandwidth.

Effective date

November 21, 2024

New instance types

Instance type names follow a consistent pattern: pg.x{ratio}.{size}.2c, where {ratio} indicates the memory-to-CPU ratio — x2 for 2 GB per core, x4 for 4 GB per core, and x8 for 8 GB per core. Use the ratio to match an instance type to your workload's memory requirements.

The following table lists the new instance types available for the primary instance of RDS for PostgreSQL standard instances running RDS High-availability Edition.

Edition Instance family Instance type CPU cores and memory Max connections Max IOPS Max I/O bandwidth (MB/s)
High-availability Edition Dedicated pg.x2.12xlarge.2c 96 cores, 192 GB 19,200 240,000 2,048
pg.x4.12xlarge.2c 96 cores, 384 GB 38,400 240,000 2,048
pg.x8.12xlarge.2c 96 cores, 768 GB 76,800 240,000 2,048
pg.x2.16xlarge.2c 128 cores, 256 GB 25,600 320,000 2,560
pg.x4.16xlarge.2c 128 cores, 512 GB 51,200 320,000 2,560
pg.x8.16xlarge.2c 128 cores, 1,024 GB 102,400 320,000 2,560
pg.x2.24xlarge.2c 192 cores, 384 GB 38,400 500,000 4,096
pg.x4.24xlarge.2c 192 cores, 768 GB 76,800 500,000 4,096
pg.x8.24xlarge.2c 192 cores, 1,536 GB 153,600 500,000 4,096

Billing

Pricing is based on the instance type's resource specifications and the region where your RDS instance runs. For exact prices, visit the buy page of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL.

What's next

To create a primary instance using one of the new instance types, see Create an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance.

To change an existing instance to one of the new instance types, see Change instance specifications.