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Introducing Gen2 Linux VM / (x86) Remote Docker Resource Classes (Beta)

New feature

Gen2 Linux VM / (x86) Remote Docker resource classes are now available in Beta on CircleCI, delivering priority access to CPUs that are up to 180% faster for your Linux multi-threaded workloads.

With over 96% of CircleCI machine jobs being multi-threaded, virtually all Linux VM / (x86) Remote Docker customers can leverage this significant performance boost to accelerate builds and reduce pipeline times.

Gen2 Linux VM / (x86) Remote Docker is available for all users in the following configurations:

Size CPU RAM Cost (credits/min)
medium.gen2 2 CPU 8 GiB 18
large.gen2 4 CPU 16 GiB 36
xlarge.gen2 8 CPU 32 GiB 72
2xlarge.gen2 16 CPU 64 GiB 144
2xlarge+.gen2 32 CPU 128 GiB 288

See the Linux VM (gen2) documentation and CircleCI price list for details.

Beta Release Notes:

  • This feature is stable but still being refined based on customer feedback
  • Preview pricing shown above may change at General Availability
  • SLOs are measured but not guaranteed during Beta
  • Self-service activation is available now through your config

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