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 Aurora Serverless for applications with unpredictable or spiky database usage patterns, such as development and test environments, low-traffic applications, or infrequently accessed applications, as it reduces costs by only charging for the database resources consumed. It's also ideal for scenarios where you want to avoid the operational overhead of provisioning, scaling, and managing database capacity, allowing teams to focus on application development rather than database administration.