Aurora Serverless
Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration for Amazon Aurora, a relational database service compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL. It automatically starts up, shuts down, and scales capacity based on application demand, eliminating the need to provision and manage database instances. This serverless model is designed for applications with intermittent, unpredictable, or variable workloads.
Developers should use Aurora Serverless for applications with sporadic usage patterns, such as development/testing environments, low-traffic web apps, or SaaS applications with variable user loads, as it reduces costs by only charging for actual database usage. It's also ideal for scenarios where capacity planning is challenging, as it automatically handles scaling without manual intervention, simplifying operations and reducing administrative overhead.