How does Aurora handle read scaling? What are the two types of instances in an Aurora cluster that handle read and write traffic, respectively?

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KAVIYA T · Accepted Answer

Aurora scales reads by using Aurora Replicas that offload read traffic from the primary. The primary instance handles reads and writes, while replicas handle read-only operations.

How does Aurora handle read scaling? What are the two types of instances in an Aurora cluster that handle read and write traffic, respectively?

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