Size a PostgreSQL server on AWS
Choose how big your data is and how much throughput you need. Each point is a benchmarked instance × disk; everything right of the target line clears your requirement, and the cheapest of those is the pick.
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Context
- Workload
- 90% read / 10% write
- Concurrency
- 32
- PostgreSQL
- 17
- Region
- us-east-1
- Pricing
- on-demand
Target throughput
33,000 RPS
Cheapest that clears targetm8g.largegp3-baseline · Graviton
Safe pick · ≥20% headroomm8g.largegp3-baseline · Graviton
Best RPS per $/hrc8i.largegp3-baseline · x86-64
30 of 52 configs clear 33,000 RPS at 1 GB. The cheapest is m8g.large on gp3-baseline at $82/mo. Points are instance × disk; the dashed line is the cost/performance frontier; arm64 (Graviton) is green, x86-64 slate.