If a company needs a MySQL-compatible database with high availability across multiple AZs, which AWS service would you recommend, Aurora or RDS, and why?

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Narendran Srinivasan · Accepted Answer

I’d recommend Amazon Aurora (MySQL-compatible) because it offers higher availability with data replicated across three Availability Zones, faster failover (

Narendran Srinivasan · Answer

I’d recommend Aurora MySQL because it offers high availability with data replicated across three AZs, faster failover, and automatic storage scaling. RDS MySQL Multi-AZ provides redundancy but lacks Aurora’s fault tolerance and performance benefits.

Narendran Srinivasan · Answer

I’d recommend Aurora MySQL because it offers high availability with data replicated across three AZs, fast failover, and automatic storage scaling. Standard RDS MySQL Multi-AZ provides redundancy but lacks Aurora’s fault tolerance, performance, and scalability advantages.

If a company needs a MySQL-compatible database with high availability across multiple AZs, which AWS service would you recommend, Aurora or RDS, and why?

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