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Introduction To Amazon Aurora
Purpose
Difference
- Amazon Aurora performs automatic scaling
- Amazon Aurora makes 6 copies of your data across different locations
- Amazon Aurora provides superior performance than Amazon RDS
- Amazon Aurora's superior high availability
- Amazon Aurora is more expensive than Amazon RDS
Aurora Key Features
Feature | Benefits |
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High performance and scalability | Scales up to 128 TB Point in time recovery Continuous backup on S3 |
DB Compatibility | Compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL |
Aurora Replicas | Supports in-region read replica |
MySQL read replica | Cross-region cluster with read scaling and failover target |
Global Database | Cross-region cluster with read scaling |
Difference Between Aurora Replica And MySQL Replica
Feature | Aurora Replica | MySQL Replica |
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Number of replicas | Up to 15 | Up to 5 |
Replication type | Asynchronous | Asynchronous |
Performance impact on primary | Low | High |
Replica location | In-region | Cross-region |
Automated failover | Yes | No |