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by phonon 2045 days ago
Something like https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-aurora-postgresql-se... ?
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Yup, except that's got a cold start time of 25 seconds. So no use for a low usage system. (One, for instance, that gets used a couple of times a day, but really needs to be available when it is.)
Yes, the way to avoid a cold start is to keep it constantly running. Which rather undoes the point of only being charged when you're using it.
Well, you can scale it 64x on demand...seems like a good tradeoff.
Oh yes - if you are operating at the middle to high end it's a great system.

But if you want "Read a tiny table once an hour, carry out a simple action in the circumstances are right" then paying for a database to be taking up a core 24/7 is not going to work for you.

So I wish it scaled down as well as up.

True...something like Amazon Lightsail might be better for that (starts at $3.50/month if you roll your own, and $15/m for a managed DB). Or you can do some sort of hybrid model...