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Deploy Aurora Global Database for sub-second cross-region replication. Understand storage-level replication, planned failover vs unplanned, and write forwarding for read regions.
Design multi-region database topologies for global latency and DR. Compares active-passive, Aurora Global Database replication, and application-level read routing patterns.
Four configuration mistakes account for 60% of AWS database waste. Learn to right-size to Graviton3, convert gp2 to gp3 storage, audit idle replicas, and use Reserved Instances to cut your database bill by 25-40%.
Configure Aurora Serverless v2 for production workloads. ACU sizing, RDS Proxy integration, CloudWatch monitoring, and cost vs provisioned comparison.
Aurora PostgreSQL offers sub-30-second failover and 15 read replicas but costs more per instance and adds per-I/O pricing. Learn when Aurora's HA wins over RDS simplicity with real cost modeling for 2025.
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