Amazon Aurora
Amazon Aurora is a fully managed, MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database service built for the cloud. It combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases, offering up to five times the throughput of standard MySQL and three times that of PostgreSQL. Aurora automatically handles tasks like hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, backups, and replication, while providing high durability and availability through distributed, fault-tolerant, self-healing storage.
Developers should use Amazon Aurora when building cloud-native applications on AWS that require high-performance, scalable, and reliable relational databases, such as for e-commerce platforms, SaaS applications, or data-intensive workloads. It is ideal for scenarios needing low-latency read replicas, automated failover, and integration with AWS services like Lambda or RDS Proxy, while reducing administrative overhead compared to self-managed databases.
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