AWS Database Blog
Category: AWS Cost and Usage Report
Programmatic approach to optimize the cost of HAQM RDS snapshots
One of the key benefits of HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM RDS) is that it creates an automated storage volume snapshot of the database instance, backing up the database host at the instance. HAQM RDS saves the automated backups of databases according to the specified backup retention period. The flexibility of creating manual snapshots helps […]
Calculate HAQM DynamoDB reserved capacity recommendations to optimize costs
This post is co-written with Sanjna Srivatsa, Data Scientist at VMware. HAQM DynamoDB provides discounts ranging from 50 percent to 77 percent to customers who commit to paying for a minimum usage level, called reserved capacity. In this post, you learn how to use historical DynamoDB usage data to make your first DynamoDB reserved capacity […]