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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is introducing a new version of its Aurora managed database environment to help customers save on cloud costs, particularly when migrating data-intensive applications. The Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized version reduces costs for I/O operations, with the potential to save up to 40 percent. Additionally, customers can predict their cloud spending more easily.
The cost savings are achieved through a new pricing model. The standard version of Aurora charges for the number and type of instances used and the storage consumed, as well as for each I/O operation. With the new version, customers are no longer charged for I/O operations. Furthermore, customers can run Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized on Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances, which are cheaper than standard virtual machines, though they require a longer-term commitment.
Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized is available for both new and existing deployments. Existing clusters can be moved to the Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized version every 30 days without requiring a reboot, thus avoiding downtime. AWS is also betting on more AMD servers.
