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Amazon Aurora

Amazon's own RDS engine. MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible.

5x better performance than MySQL and 3x better than PostgreSQL, for a much lower price point.

Start with 10gb, scales in 10gb increments up to 128tb. Compute resources can scale massively too.

2 copies of your data are contained in each AZ, with a nimum of 3 AZs (for a total of 6 copeis).

3 different types of replicas available:

  • 15 read replicas with Aurora
  • 5 read replicas with Aurora MySQL
  • 5 read replicas with Aurora PostgreSQL

Automated backups are always enabled. You can also take snapshots, which can be shared with AWS accounts.

Aurora Serverless also exists, that automatically starts up, shuts down, and scales up/down depending on your application's needs. Good for infrequent or unpredictable workloads.

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Amazon Aurora