This post was originally published in July 2018 and was updated in July 2023. Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there are multiple questions regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily: When should I use Aurora and when should I use RDS MySQL? What are the differences between Aurora and RDS? How do I choose which one to use? In this blog, we will answer al
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