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Date Published
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Ryan Warrier, Maxim Brown
Word count
606
Language
English
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None

Summary

AWS's new Graviton3 EC2 instances are built on its third generation of custom Arm-powered processors, promising up to 25 percent better performance over Graviton2 for compute-intensive workloads. This means that migrating to Graviton3 instances can provide better performance, cost savings, and more energy efficiency. Datadog provides full visibility into your entire AWS environment, including any Graviton3-powered instances you are running workloads on, enabling you to directly compare performance between architectures and confirm that your application performs well when moving to these new instance types. Once enabled, Datadog will automatically collect telemetry from across all EC2 instances, including Graviton3-powered hosts, without additional configuration. The Datadog Agent fully supports monitoring both x86 and Arm-based hosts, providing granular insights into your EC2-hosted workloads. Having visibility into the performance of similar workloads across different EC2 instance types helps determine whether your application is showing sufficient performance improvements after migrating to Graviton3. Additionally, Datadog has achieved AWS Graviton Ready designation and fully supports monitoring all Graviton-powered workloads on any platform, including serverless environments via AWS Lambda or AWS Fargate.