AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02) Exam Prep Course - 2021 UPDATED! - Amazon Aurora

The video tutorial discusses Amazon's Aurora database, highlighting its features, scalability, high availability, and replica support. Aurora is a relational database optimized for online transaction processing, offering compatibility with MySQL and improved performance. It can scale from 10 GB to 64 TB and supports up to 32 virtual CPUs and 244 GiB of RAM. Aurora ensures high availability with multiple DB copies across availability zones and supports up to 15 Aurora replicas with automatic failover. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of understanding these features for selecting the right database solution.

What are the key features of the Aurora database?

How does Aurora improve performance compared to MySQL?

How does Aurora handle scaling in terms of storage size?

What is the maximum size that an Aurora database can scale up to?

Explain the concept of high availability in Aurora databases.

What is the difference between Aurora replicas and MySQL read replicas?

What starting size does an Aurora database have, and how does it grow?