RSS Feeds: Principled Technologies Finds That Amazon EC2 r5b.8xlarge Instances Deliver Better Performance for OLTP Workloads at a Lower Cost Than Microsoft Azure E64_32s_v4 VMs A new report shows that R5b instances from Amazon EC2 could offer a balance of performance and cost that helps organizations. Durham, NC, March 01, 2021 --(PR.com)-- For many organizations looking to use cloud computing, performance is likely a priority. For high-performance databases, however, that could come at a hefty price. In Principled Technologies (PT) testing, an Amazon EC2 r5b.8xlarge instance processed twice the SQL Server database transactions compared to a Microsoft Azure E64_32s_v4 virtual machine. More database transactions could mean more revenue from ecommerce applications, more users for an enterprise resource planning application, or reduced costs due to consolidated workloads.