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The easiest solution, which is quite easy, at least for Aurora Serverless/Lambda: Cron a warming function that calls something in the cold service every 5 minut
by 013a 8y ago
The easiest solution, which is quite easy, at least for Aurora Serverless/Lambda: Cron a warming function that calls something in the cold service every 5 minutes.
This should add literally pennies, if that, to the total cost and is relatively effective. Of course, it isn't "scale to zero", its just never letting it go to zero. But the practical and financial difference is almost nothing.
- dstaley 8y agoIf I remember correctly, the pricing model for Aurora Serverless is different from Lambda in that you pay as long as the engine is running, whereas with Lambda you only pay when the function is executing. Keeping an Aurora Serverless instance warm would then cost $43/month.