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Making better decisions about Amazon RDS with Amazon CloudWatch metrics

October 2023: This post was reviewed and updated for accuracy. If you are using Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), you may wonder about how to determine the best time to modify instance configurations. This may include determining configurations such as instance class, storage size, or storage type. Amazon RDS supports various database engines, including MySQL, […]

How to plan and optimize Amazon Aurora with MySQL compatibility for consolidated workloads

Amazon Aurora with MySQL compatibility is a popular choice for customers looking to consolidate database workloads. Aurora MySQL is a relational database engine that combines the speed and reliability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. It also delivers up to five times the throughput of the standard MySQL community […]