AWS Database Blog

Konala McGrath

Author: Konala McGrath

How to optimize Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora database costs/performance with AWS Compute Optimizer

In this post, we dive deeper into database optimization for your Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), exploring how you can use AWS Compute Optimizer recommendations to make cost-aware resource configuration decisions for your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.

AWS tools to optimize your Amazon RDS costs

Customers are actively exploring opportunities to optimize their expenses, aligning with the Cost Optimization pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. In this post, we discuss the following tools that you can use to analyze your spend and optimize your Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) costs.