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Something like https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-aurora-postgresql-serverless-now-generally-available/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-aurora-post
by phonon 6y ago
Something like https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-aurora-postgresql-serverless-now-generally-available/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-aurora-postgresql-se... ?
- AndrewDucker 6y agoYup, except that's got a cold start time of 25 seconds. So no use for a low usage system. (One, for instance, that gets used a couple of times a day, but really needs to be available when it is.)
- phonon 6y agohttps://dev.to/dvddpl/how-to-deal-with-aurora-serverless-coldstarts-ml0 https://dev.to/dvddpl/how-to-deal-with-aurora-serverless-col...
- AndrewDucker 6y agoYes, the way to avoid a cold start is to keep it constantly running. Which rather undoes the point of only being charged when you're using it.
- phonon 6y agoWell, you can scale it 64x on demand...seems like a good tradeoff.
- AndrewDucker 6y agoOh yes - if you are operating at the middle to high end it's a great system. But if you want "Read a tiny table once an hour, carry out a simple action in the circumstances are right" then paying for a database to be taking up a core 24/7 is not going to work for you. So I wish it scaled down as well as up.
- phonon 6y agoTrue...something like Amazon Lightsail might be better for that (starts at $3.50/month if you roll your own, and $15/m for a managed DB). Or you can do some sort of hybrid model...