AWS Database Blog Introducing the Aurora Storage Engine What Is Amazon Aurora? Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible relational database service that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Amazon Aurora provides up to five times better throughput than MySQL and three times better through
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