Amazon Aurora Serverless
Amazon Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration for Amazon Aurora, a MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud. It automatically starts up, shuts down, and scales capacity up or down based on application demand, eliminating the need to manage database instances. This serverless model is designed for applications with intermittent, unpredictable, or variable workloads.
Developers should use Amazon Aurora Serverless for applications with unpredictable or variable database usage patterns, such as development and test environments, low-traffic applications, or applications with periodic spikes in demand. It is ideal when you want to avoid over-provisioning or under-provisioning database capacity, as it automatically scales to handle workload changes, reducing costs and operational overhead. Use cases include SaaS applications, e-commerce sites during sales events, and batch processing jobs.