Scaleway wishes to develop new ranges based on the ARM architecture. We must ensure that the choices of hardware, the sizing and the promises of the manufacturers meet your expectations.
A public trial is the last step in an iterative R&D process. We want to involve our users in order to evaluate the technologies in real conditions. These trials are a different approach to innovation compared to the so-called “Beta” or “Discovery” phases. These public trials are led by Scaleway Labs engineers, in collaboration with the rest of the Scaleway teams.
AMP2 are the successors of a first generation of non-public Instances: AMP1, already based on Ampere Altra processors. This new iteration shows great potential, and is ready for testing at scale. We’re offering it today in the form of a public trial in order to source feedback, so we can build the best ARM cloud offers on the market.
We are confident about the technical choices, but as the hindsight is limited and this induces a share of risk, the AMP2s are displayed as experimental. They are therefore without guarantee of recovery time and can be stopped, modified or deleted at any time.
As a result, AMP2 Instances are offered at attractive prices to allow as many people as possible to participate in the trial.