AWS

Explain Aurora Serverless. What use cases is it good for?

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

  • Aurora serverless is an automated database instantiation and it's auto scaled based on an actual usage
  • It's good mainly for infrequent or unpredictable workflows
  • You pay per second so it can eventually be more cost effective