Author: Shagun Arora

This post is part of a two-part series on upgrading RDS for MySQL 8.0 to 8.4. Here, we cover the end of standard support timeline, extended support costs, upgrade methods, and key best practices. For a step-by-step implementation guide, see Best practices for upgrading RDS for MySQL 8.0 to 8.4 with prechecks, Blue/Green, and rollback.

On October 22, 2024, we announced the availability of the Aurora Global Database writer endpoint, a highly available and fully managed endpoint for your global database that Aurora automatically updates to point to the current writer instance in your global cluster after a cross-Region switchover or failover, alleviating the need for application changes and simplifying routing requests to the writer instance. In this post, we dive deep into the new Global Database writer endpoint, covering its benefits and key considerations for using it with your applications.

April, 2026: Aurora Serverless v2 has been renamed Aurora serverless. No action required. Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition version 3 (with MySQL 8.0 compatibility) is the most current major version supported on Amazon Aurora MySQL. You can use Amazon Aurora MySQL version 3 to get the latest MySQL-compatible features and performance improvements. MySQL 8.0 introduces several […]

When using Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition for operating your relational databases in the AWS cloud, one of the key requirements is to verify that it is highly available during planned and unplanned outages. As database administrators, you should perform occasional database maintenance. This can be in the form of database patching, upgrades, database parameter modifications […]

In Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Multi-AZ deployments can have one or two standby DB instances. A Multi-AZ DB instance deployment has a single standby DB instance that provides failover support, but doesn’t serve read traffic. When the deployment has two readable standby DB instances, it’s called a Multi-AZ DB cluster deployment. A Multi-AZ […]

April, 2026: Aurora Serverless v2 has been renamed Aurora serverless. No action required. December 2022: This post was updated with support for blue/green deployments for Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora. November 2022: This post was updated with changes introduced with the launch of Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition versions 2 and 3, and in-place upgrade from […]