Brian Weaver
Nov 7 · 1 min read

I think a better alternative is to just use Aurora Serverless which will automatically stop and start the database whenever demand starts/stops. Also unlike MySQL RDS where you have to specify an instance size, Aurora Serverless will automatically scale up and down the capacity of the database when needed.

Stopped RDS will also automatically restart itself after 7 days, which is an issue if you are trying to use it for a infrequently used dev instance.

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